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Book SynopsisAs a city boy, all Philip Dixon wanted to be in life was a farmer, but achieving that ambition would be a lot less straightforward than he had anticipated! Starting work on a farm at the age of fifteen, Philip finds himself handling some highly temperamental bulls, meeting some very `witchy' women and encountering mysterious country ways. Later he gets married, raises a family, acquires his own farm and, along the way, becomes part of the Round Table team that invented the charity plastic duck race! Enjoy Philip's story as he makes progress in his farming career in the north east of England from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, and meets some remarkable characters, many of whom belong to an age all but lost to us. Philip's story will, at times, have you laughing out loud and weeping tears of sympathy, and will lift your spirits as you read how he overcomes all life's setbacks to make plans for a brave new future.
Table of Contents1. Peepy Farm 2. Manor Farm and Tom Hall 3. Cookies, Diehard Boys and a Princess 4. Ceilidhs, Marriage and Cows 5. A Holiday and a Pregnancy 6. Ashington Farm 7. Italian Neighbours and a Career Opportunity 8. Another Manor Farm 9. Pendragon Round Table and More Babies 10. Upper House Farm and a Xeroradiograph 11. Rebuilding Works, Fireworks and Duck Races 12. Kelly's Heroes and Feeding Experiments 13. The Great Merrydale Turkey Shoot 14. Get Fresh Daily 15. The Dating Game 16. A Second Marriage, and Cut-throat Partners 17. Living in a Castle 18. The Cows' Hill Hotel 19. The Geordie Mafia 20. Blaydon Blaggards and Thieves
