I don`t know if this is relevent Geo, but I used to spend a lot of my holidays as a child at a country property of my aunt and uncle. They lived out from a small heritage town called Millthorpe, over the mountains and on the western plains. They ran sheep and dairy.I used to love staying there as I could go riding, help with the milking, watching them docking the lambs` tails and taking flocks of sheep to he rail head etc. My aunt had a horse and sulky and she would take me into town to meet other members of the family who had left the land and retired to the town.I had a couple of cousins but they used have to work on the property so only saw them at mealtimes and at night. The weather differed according to the time of year I stayed there, I remember the winters,we used to get black frosts, uncle used to say ' too bl--dy cold to snow" and one summer it was 113 f for twoweeks, without respite, " too bl--dy hot to move!" My aunt used to send me down in the cellar to keep cool! I used to go riding by myself and was told if I got lost, either find a fence and follow it or let the horse find his way home, and watch out for snakes!! I remember one day coming onto a great big cage and it was filled with dead and dying crows, right out in the middle of nowhere. When I asked about it was told it was a trap to catch the crows, that many less to attack the baby lambs and peck their eyes!! I have never forgotten the sight of that! I had a pet dog a Kelpie but was not allowed to pet the working dogs, dogs for working and dogs for pets, two different things! I loved the big Clydesdales they were so gorgeous. I think that`s enough, don`t want to bore everybody Val xx > Just a gentle reminder... > > We have had four submissions on this month's topic and very interesting > they were too. > > If anyone else as any stories, anecdotes, descriptions of life, customs, > etc. in a village, farm or rural area won't you please share them with us? > They can relate to any era. Do you know anything of the places your Ag. > Lab. or farmer ancestors lived? Did you live in a village or on a farm > yourself? > > For all those folk who know nothing about village life, do you have any > questions on the subject? > > Geo. > . > . > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message