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Up With The Lark: My Life On the Land
Joan Bomford
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Description for Up With The Lark: My Life On the Land
Paperback. The nostalgic and evocative memoirs of Joan Bomford, winner of the 2015 Countryfile Farming Hero Award, who has worked on the family farm for more than eight decades. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGA; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the soil, and those who have worked it alongside her' Daily Telegraph Joan Bomford wanted to be a farmer so much she always wore a tie like her dad. She ran away from school whenever she could to help him. As an 8 year-old she was the first person in the family to drive a tractor. No job was ever too tough for her. Now aged 83, she's still as active, still driving tractors, still feeding the farm's beef cattle ... Read more
'An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the soil, and those who have worked it alongside her' Daily Telegraph Joan Bomford wanted to be a farmer so much she always wore a tie like her dad. She ran away from school whenever she could to help him. As an 8 year-old she was the first person in the family to drive a tractor. No job was ever too tough for her. Now aged 83, she's still as active, still driving tractors, still feeding the farm's beef cattle ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
155g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473626997
SKU
V9781473626997
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Joan Bomford
Joan Bomford, 83, who lives near Evesham in Worcestershire, has been farming since the 1930s. She continues to be very active on the farm today - driving tractors and feeding the animals. In 2015 she was named BBC Countryfile's Farming Hero 2015.
Reviews for Up With The Lark: My Life On the Land
Up with the Lark recalls her small but remarkable place in the history of an ever-changing industry.
Radio Times
Remarkable story in this warm and witty account of a life in farming.
WALK magazine
An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the soil, and those who have ... Read more
Radio Times
Remarkable story in this warm and witty account of a life in farming.
WALK magazine
An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the soil, and those who have ... Read more