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Photo Article: a 50th birthday present from daughter Olaf - a bread making course

19 March 18

…in those hippy dippy days of self sufficiency in Byfield in the 1970s. As a diabetic it is not perhaps top …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/12990/photo-article-a-50th-birthday-present-from-daughter-olaf-a-bread-making-course

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The Field No 8 - Halloween, at last something sweet to eat

2 March 17

…October until November 5th, at Butterwell Farm Byfield provided some greatly appreciated treats. It was …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/11153/the-field-no-8-halloween-at-last-something-sweet-to-eat

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The Field No 7 - Rob, Maggie, the horse and caravan

1 March 17

…roof, parked in our field at Butterwell Farm in Byfield. Next to it a horse stood gazing. My mother, a …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/11145/the-field-no-7-rob-maggie-the-horse-and-caravan

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The Field No 6 - Chocolate was very much a treat

28 February 17

…in life but, in my early years at Butterwell farm Byfield, chocolate was a real rarity and sweets were just …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/11135/the-field-no-6-chocolate-was-very-much-a-treat

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The Field Number 5 - My Godfather Vicious, Anthony & Cleopatra

27 February 17

…on to me. During our time at Butterwell farm Byfield when I was a young boy, Vicious was in a "between … based in Belfast, Vicious popped in to see us in Byfield only very rarely. I remember him bringing a small …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/11126/the-field-number-5-my-godfather-vicious-anthony-cleopatra

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The Field Number 4 - I think I watched 3 TV programmes in my first seven years.

9 February 17

…time. This meant that when the boys and girls and Byfield Primary rabbited on about the latest rubbish on … the sort of folks whose families had lived in Byfield for centuries. Is it a coincidence that the …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/10987/the-field-number-4-i-think-i-watched-3-tv-programmes-in-my-first-seven-years

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The Field Number 3 - Wringing the neck of the vicar

6 February 17

…Above the main field at Butterwell Farm in Byfield was a smaller field. On one side was a … who was called Andrew Bowden after the vicar of Byfield who was a celebrated collector of rare breeds of …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/10968/the-field-number-3-wringing-the-neck-of-the-vicar

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The Field Number 2 - My father & the one armed bell ringer

6 February 17

…was certainly called Fred enters my memories of Byfield for two main reasons: he had only one arm and he … at the Church. Fred was one of those fellows in Byfield, of whom there were many, who had been abroad … 1944. Somewhere along the line he had returned to Byfield and had then never travelled further than Banbury … remained unanswered but he did boast that the Byfield Bell Ringers came fifth in the South …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/10966/the-field-number-2-my-father-the-one-armed-bell-ringer

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The Field No 1 - the goldfish on their doomed swim to freedom

3 February 17

…the bottom of our big field at Butterwell farm in Byfield was a stream. For a small boy the bank on the … ladies were never really free. Our neighbour in Byfield had been free for just thirty years but the war …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/10954/the-field-no-1-the-goldfish-on-their-doomed-swim-to-freedom

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Time to start the Field? A Childhood Memoir

2 February 17

…from that time. We lived in a village called Byfield until a year after the death of my mother. And at …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/10941/time-to-start-the-field-a-childhood-memoir

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