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A CALL for the Govern ment to speed up Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances (HLCAs) for struggling Ribble Valley hill farmers came this week from NFU North West public relations officer Mr John Ford. He said: “Hill farmers
THERE are those who THINK they can . . . and then there
are dry stone wallers. Working with th e ir
backs braced against the elements, lifting huge grey stones which can weigh up to a hundredweight, these craftsmen of an ancient art seem to have remembered something that the rest of us have forgotten, to own some mystical power that we can merely stand back
are already facing an uncertain future, with plummeting livestock prices, and are now being pushed further towards the brink by Government delays in paying out HLCAs.” Mr Ford said that some
Trevor builds quite a reputation
and admire. Put two men in front of
local farmers had only just received their application forms for the grants, which should already have been paid out. “ How can any hill
two sets of identical stones and you will end up with two very different walls. How often have you trav elled the countryside and seen walls hanging there like lace curtains with the d a y l ig h t s t re am in g through, suspended, it seems, on a wing and a prayer and just waiting to fall when the first unsu specting ewe brushes past? On the other hand,
farmer plan for the future when he has not received a large part of his income?” lie asked. “The Government rea
DRY stone walls follow the tradi tional ascending triangle shape — with, of course, no mortar or cement to help. In repairs, the existing wall is taken down and the stones laid in rows, before digging out the foundation for a solid base. Large rough stones are set into
the next section of coursed stories is added, tapering towards the top of
the triangle shape. Top-stones finish the wall, nea-
the earth, before the first section of coursed stones — getting smaller as the builder works upwards — are added in two separate walls filled by small stones and rubble in the
centre. Through-stones overlap on each
lises that hill farming is a less than viable part of farming and introduced the HLCA to redress the balance. A high proportion of hill farmers are facing income problems anyway and this delay is not help ing anyone to plan ahead.”
there are the solid effigies which have seen out countless generations and, unless some thoughtless rambler happens to scram ble across their lovingly placed stones,will no doubt see out countless more. One such waller is Tre
and sheep farm. Former holder of the
side, giving extra strength before
vor Robinson (36), of Lower Brayshaw Farm, Tosside, who, along with his brother Clive (33) and s em i - re t i re d fa th e r Alburn, runs a dairy of 200-plus acres, a rearing
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British Professional Sin gles Walling Champion ship in 1988, having beaten the current holder Jason Reeve twice in the current year, current second out of 36 top national wallers at the renowned Kilnsey Show walling championship in Yorkshire and current champion waller of the Horton-in-Ribblesdale annual show, plus other le s s e r h o n o u r s too
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tening the top and fusing the two walls together. With an estimated six tons of stone to four running yards of wall, it’s no job for the faint-hearted or weak-backed. But in neat and tidy order, the
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dry stone wall is one of the plea sures of the countryside to sec, as well as being home for various plants, small animals and insects, and providing shelter for farm
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numerous to mention, Trevor is what the walling fraternity would call a “natural.”
champions, he does not get the practice that they get, either — professional wallers doing nothing else from one week to the next. He mainly walls on the family farm twice a year — before lambing 200 Swaledale ewes in late March and before Septem ber’s “tupping time,” when other farm routine is quiet and it is vital to know that the sheep can be held in certain fields. “If I have walled for a
Unlike many of today’s
week before a competition, then I know I am alto gether better”, he said. “It’s something you have to practise and keep up.” That practice started
take, he says, is not pay ing enough attention to the foundation of a wall. “You have to dig out the foundation when repairing a wall,” he said. “Some people leave the founda tion in, but that never works as it should.” It’s surprising what you
Coursed
stones getting smaller as you go up
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will come across, too. Tre vor has found all sorts, from ancient clog soles to old beer bottles and an ancient walling hammer head . . . plus much of today’s unmentionable junk from a society which
though he remembers many years ago putting up a wall with his then employer, a farmer from Austwick, Settle.
D isa s te rs are few,
stretch when there was a sound like thunder,” he said. “We stepped smartly
“We had just finished a
back, in time for several yards of ‘running’ stones to curl off in front of us. What should have been an easy task ended up taking us three days!”
keep his walling for the family farm, where he lives with his wife Diane and children Kevin (12), Beverley (10) and Laura
Now Trevor is happy to
(2), with his keenest apprentice so far being | young Beverley.
craft: lifting huge rocks inevitably means ending up with strong arms and back problems, but, says Trevor, once you are hooked, it’s a fascination for life.
It’s by no means an easy
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early in life, when Tre vor’s father bought land belonging to the former Tosside Horse Sanctuary. “Of course, many of the
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ii()LT()N-BY-BOWLAND farmer Mr John Looming swept the board with his Simmcnlal bull-sired calf at Gisburn Auction Marl. He was presented with a cheque by Midland Bank business manager Mr S.
Garragan, after the calf gained the highest price last month. The competition, run jointly between the British Simmental Society in War wickshire and the Midland Bank, is staged at 10 selected auction marts
throughout the country. It takes place on the first selling day of each month and Mr Lcemtng, of
Wycongill Farm, has enjoyed considerable success recently. Dennis and Rachel Hester in the background.
The prized calf was sold to Mr S. Greenwood for £230. Our picture shows Mr Lccming and Mr Garragan with auctioneers Stephen
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walls were knocked down and some were flattened,” he said. An 11-year-old Trevor would build up one side of the wall with his father working on the other. . . and a lifelong love of walling was born. “Even now, I can’t bear
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to see an untidy wall,” he declared. “Some people will cobble up a gap with single stones, but it will never be a success and they will always have to go back to it. If you like walling, you will keep on top of your job, but a lot of folk don’t like it and the evidence is obvious when you see yards of broken- down walls.” People’s biggest mis
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