My Grandpa and His Cows

Music: Don’t Cry for me Argentina
Artist: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Shared by: Olwen for her Grandpa

Whenever we heard it on Radio 1 we would telephone him and say, Grandpa switch on the radio!! He was the best of men and I miss him terribly.
— Olwen

I am the third of four daughters and our father died in 1974 when I was four years old. We lived in Kenya at the time and my paternal family lived in Somerset.

My family are farmers and my grandpa stepped in as a father figure. I loved him with my whole heart; he had so much time for us.

He was kind and loving and even writing this and thinking of him makes me cry.

He was a dairy farmer and loved his cows and before it was fashionable he played the radio whilst milking. He loves the song named above so whenever we heard it on Radio 1 we would telephone him (I can still remember the phone number!) and say, Grandpa switch on the radio!!

He was the best of men and I miss him terribly.

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