Where the Hell's the Time Gone? A Life in Farming  
Author(s): Tom Evans
Published by The Books Council of Wales
Publication Date:  Available in all formats
ISBN: 9781800995116
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Well-known shearing commentator Evans discusses his farming life, from a tough post-war childhood with no mother, tractor or car, to days on shearing gangs and in hedge-laying competitions, to his own sheep farming, commentating and his impact on policy through work with the National Farmers Union.
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Well-known shearing commentator Evans discusses his farming life, from a tough post-war childhood with no mother, tractor or car, to days on shearing gangs and in hedge-laying competitions, to his own sheep farming, commentating and his impact on policy through work with the National Farmers Union.
Table of contents
  • Mother leaves home
  • School bullies
  • Breaking new ground
  • Chief cook and bottle-washer
  • The art of hedging
  • On the road
  • A place of my own
  • Farm fit for a wife
  • Running water, at last!
  • Struggling to make a living
  • Pastures new
  • Back to Wales
  • Lucky for some…
  • The farming life once more
  • On the move again
  • Ty’n y Cwm
  • A growing business
  • Better times
  • A visit to France
  • Farming film stars
  • On the march in Brussels
  • Wedding bells
  • A victory for Welsh shearing
  • Another country
  • Stolen goods
  • Foot and mouth
  • Meeting the Queen
  • Time to slow down
  • More royal connections
  • Shearing Down Under
  • A health scare
  • Back to New Zealand
  • Home… and alone
  • Life goes on
  • Pictures
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