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The building blocks have been destroyed

WISDOM AND TRADITIONS GATHERED OVER A LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, THIS WEEK WITH LINDSAY WADDELL

Although many who chose to live in the countryside may think that it has been like it is now for hundreds of years, they are sadly mistaken, and those who have been impacted most by the changes are those who rely on it for their very existence. That includes a whole range of living things, including man.

The gamekeepers who survived World War I returned to a land very similar to what they had left behind, but rapid change

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