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“I was born at home on our farm in 1930. I guess you could say I have had quite a privileged life. I lived on a farm all my life and used to ride my horse to the shops – his name was Flicker. I could ride a horse well by 5 years old. I have worked on farms all my life; we had cattle and sheep. I had a simple life. We lived local and had lots of friends, and we just made do with what we had. We would make everything from scratch: bread, cakes, jam. I remember we had a large fireplace, and I still remember the smell of wood from the open fire wafting through the house. Some things you never forget”