orkshire born and bred. Yorkshire born and a third generation mushroom grower, Simon has never moved away from his home county. Stanley, Simon's grandfather was MGA Chairman in 1947-48 and was a great contributor to the Mushroom Journal, in those daysthe MGA Bulletin, and Paul, his father, was Chairman in 1975-76. By the time that Simon was growing up the mushroom farm had become rather industrialised and dangerous for young children, so it was not until he was 13 that he spent much time on it. Then, at weekends and in school holidays he was there, "driving things and doing some useful work for pocket money". An early memory is of washing out empty sheds and watering manure and straw during pre-wet. He also recalls doing some picking -- not a great success, he confesses.
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