Rosemary Harding, Part 3
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Rosemary Harding CH3 Duration: 3:17
CB: Lovely. So, number sixteen.(RH016)
Rosemary: This is in Mr. Dalgetty’s corral; and [5.75] [information redacted] is putting the thing across the corral so they can put a ring in the bull’s mouth.
CB: Yes, and remind me what breed he is?
Rosemary: He’s a Galloway.
CB: Galloway.
Rosemary: Belted Galloway, yeah.
CB: Lovely. So, number seventeen (RH017), a lovely farm scene –
Rosemary: Well this is at Dalgetty’s again and Mert the dog trying to bring the cattle back and one’s trying to jump the fence.
CB: He’s got his front legs right up –
Rosemary: In the wire. It’s like chicken wire, isn’t it.
CB: Oh it is, yeah; d’you know any of these people here?
Rosemary: Well that’s [34.55] [information redacted] again,
CB; with his back to us, but who – ;
Rosemary: that’s my dad there –
CB: Oh, I see, in the very far –
Rosemary: Yeah.
CB: Right hand corner.
Rosemary: So I suppose they stopped so many going back these two who broke away and Mert the dog,
CB: Gone back to get them. Lovely. Okay, so on to number eighteen. (RH018)
Rosemary: This is again in the ‘fifties in Mr. Dalgetty’s, in the Crush and it looks like my dad is going to lasso it.
CB: Yes.
Rosemary ‘Cos he used to get a lot of Forest Eye, you see.
CB: Yeah.
Rosemary: And then he used to treat them.
CB: With the Forest Eye…
Rosemary: Yes.
CB: He’s already got his jumper off and chucked it on the floor from the look of it. And that he’s all poised ready with his rope halter –
Rosemary: Yes.
CB: Lovely. And number nineteen. (RH019)
Rosemary: This is my dad in the late ‘fifties, delivering one of his own calves.
CB: And that was on this farm.
Rosemary: On this farm here, yes.
CB: So that’s one of his own, is it?
Rosemary: Yes.
CB: What breed was that, do you think?
Rosemary: They were Galloways
CB: Oh, they were Galloways.
Rosemary: They were to start with. Then we went to Charolais. ‘Cos I think dad crossed them.
CB: Yeah.
Rosemary: Yeah. In the end. We had Charolais in the end.
CB: Okay, so number twenty. (RH020)
Rosemary: This is my dad again at Mr. Dalgetty’s farm. [1:48.8] [information redacted]’s on the motor bike, driving up the bull and my dad’s on Sandy behind.
CB: Oh yes, lovely! Photograph number twenty-one. (RH021)
Rosemary: This is of the three Agisters. My dad’s in the middle; to my left is Raymond Bennett, to my right is Brian Ingram.
CB: A very young looking Brian Ingram.
Rosemary: Yes, and Raymond Bennett. I don’t know what year it is.
CB: No.
Rosemary: I’d say it was late ‘sixties, most probably.
CB: Yes. Beautiful shiny boots.
Rosemary: Mmm.
CB: Number twenty-two. (RH022)
Rosemary: These are my dad’s pride and joy. His cattle outside his gate, in the winter. In the ‘seventies.
CB: In the ‘seventies. And there’s snow on the ground.
Rosemary: Yes.
CB: Now they look – ooh, what are these with the black nose and the black –
Rosemary: Well, they are Charolais.
CB: They’re Charolais.
Rosemary: Yes, Charolais Cross.
CB: Okay.
Rosemary: And then we had some Herefords and they were Charolais Cross as well.
CB: So did they come home to eat or did you – ?
Rosemary: Yes.
CB: Take food out –
Rosemary: No.
CB: They came home.
Rosemary: They came home. If it was going to be cold, they were home at one o’clock.
CB: Okay.
Rosemary: If it was going to be warm they didn’t come home till gone three, but they’d come home every day.
CB: Did they then stay in all night or just for a few hours?
Rosemary: All night.
CB: All night, then you put them out again in the morning.
Rosemary: Yes.
CB: Lovely. So, twenty-three. (RH023) Another beautiful scenic –
Rosemary: This is out on the Common in front of our gate. My dad’s cattle again. And that’s got to be in the ‘seventies.