A 1980s 'New Entrant' Shares His Farming Story: Joanne Pugh finds out more about NSA Central Region Chairman Bob Payne

摘要

From shovelling pig manure to flipping hamburgers in New York City; from working his passage to Australia to helping abused children in the cities of Birmingham and Sheffield - Bob Payne says whatever job he's done, he always had 'an itch' for farming. He satisfied that itch in 1982 when he and wife Anne bought Carr Head Farm, Stocksbridge, on the outskirts of Sheffield and built up the Handbank flock of pedigree Texels. They soon became members of the NSA and, nowadays, many of us know Bob and Anneas the 'dream team' behind the NSA Central Region, working side by side as Chairman and Secretary to keep the region alive and running a highly successful Winter Fair every other year. But far fewer of us know how Bob, who made a career in social work, managed to progress from keeping a few chickens as a kid to owning his own farm.