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Colin Capon

Colin Capon
Trevor Strickland | Mike Henderson
Brought up on Great Briddlesford Farm where his grandfather farmed. He helped out on the farm growing up but went into the Forestry Commission when he left school.
He stayed there until 1969 when he became a tenant farmer at Shalcombe Holding where he remains until this day.

Family life

Born: 1945
Great Briddlesford Farm

Working life

Great Briddlesford Farm
Forestry Commission
Shalcombe Holding

Full interview

Conducted: Lisa Kerley in October 2017 (with Trevor Strickland and Mike Henderson)
https://archive.org/download/trevor_strickland_michael_henderson_colin_capon_oct2017_lisa_kerley_farming_memories/trevor_strickland_michael_henderson_colin_capon_oct2017_lisa_kerley_farming_memories.mp3

Read the interview transcript

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Colin Capon's audio clips​

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Sale of Cow
Colin Capon on Farmstead
Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath
Colin Capon on Harvest
Glass lantern slide of market at St. James Square, Newport
Colin Capon on Newport Market
Buzzard on post
Colin Capon on Buzzards
Buzzard in flight
Colin Capon on Buzzards
Geoff Phillips and parents
Colin Capon on Milk
Black and white photo of a man and boy with a milk churn in a cart being pulled by a pony. The cart is marked 'Pan Manor Dairy' over the wheel and Morris, Pan Manor Farm at the front
Colin Capon on Milk
Betty Squibb tying up tomatoes - Knighton
Colin Capon on Hares
Black and white photograph showing a farm worker walking carrying his scythe and other tools
Colin Capon on Hares
Owl on branch
Colin Capon on Wildlife
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