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Daft Laddie tales from North Tyne & Rede: Rocks & plough socks

Northumberland, farming, history, dialect, humour, machinery, ploughing, plough sock(shares), 1950s By Donald Clegg RocksNot all a Daft Laddie’s knowledge was gained the hard way. Some came simply by asking questions of the boss, or the old hands on the farm. I had been ploughing a field ready to sow corn, or maybe turnips, when the plough … Read more