| Title: |
John Edwards
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Somerset Record Office. Somerset Archive and Record Service.
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| Collection: |
Exmoor Oral History Archive Collection
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| Description: |
He volunteered for the army and then went to agricultural college. Passionate about the farm, and passionate about Exmoor, he says we should realise how ignorant we are and learn more about what's under our feet. He is a county councillor, active within the National Farmers Union, and a long-serving member of the National Park Committee. He was appointed in 1972, before local government reorganisation, and says meetings even then were a bear garden. Tenacious, and committed to the farming community, he thrives on all the work. He and his wife Jackie, who runs the tourism side of the business, spend their evenings side by side at their computers.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2001 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Edwards, John, 1926-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1926
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Devon, England; England; United Kingdom; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Farmer
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document date: |
2001
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| Locations discussed: |
England; Europe; Somerset, England; United Kingdom
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
England; Europe; Exmoor (England)--Biography; Exmoor (England)--History; Moors (Wetlands)--England; Oral history; Somerset, England; United Kingdom
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0033878-37170
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