Silage and hay time was the highlight of your summer

You couldn't wait for the start of silage and hay season and you checked the weather constantly. The arrival of baled silage changed your world.

Short pants were compulsory from June to September for under 12's

They'd laugh at you if you dared to wear jeans. Not that your mother would let you.

Baler twine was akin to McGiver's knife; capable of fixing any problem

There is nothing that baler twine can't do.

You spent your summers in the local river

Everyone had that one local river they went during the summer for a splash about.

Ploughing was an annual pilgrimage; the Spring Show was your school tour

Bags of stickers and leaflets were gathered at both. A free pen was a badge of honour - and still is.

You had to retrieve the cows from your neighbour's garden or field

They usually broke in when the garden was freshly sown and ruined the flowers. You dreaded getting a phone call from the neighbours.

You have to be quiet when the forecast was on

No talking was allowed during the farming weather. If you forgot to record it you were in trouble.

You made silage in the sitting room

The carpet was always marked with tracks from your toy tractors.

You grew up in a different parish to your parents

You were considered a blow in by natives even though you grew up there because your parents were from a different parish.

You were an outsider for not using turf

If your parents didn't use turf as fuel then you were definitely an outsider because you've never had a full day on the bog.

You ate berries off the hedges

There was nothing quite like eating the nectar from honeysuckle and eating berries straight from the hedges.

Wellies at the door

There was war if your dragged dirt into the house with your dirty wellies.

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