Politics – Barrowsgate

Barrowsgate hears that the new farming minister is well acquainted with the farming industry but can’t help noticing that the weather has been particularly bad for farmers ever since he took office. Context: In January 1939 Reginald Dorman-Smith had become Minister of Agriculture. As a former president of the National Farmers Union himself, Dorman-Smith was…

Peace, Puddens an’ Gweedwill

Jan 6, 1938

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Barrowsgate’s stomach once again regrets the seasonal overindulgence and he has a strange dream, involving Moosyleeny, Heetler and the Devil.

Skiddin’ Skinnin’ an’ Scoorin’

Dec 10, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

A car crashes into a telegraph pole despite as non-skid road surfaces being introduced in the area. Rob of Northie runs off down the hill to see what’s happened and skids all the way on his bottom.

Drawin’ the Line

Nov 5, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Barrowsgate wrestles with the sheer number of different driving laws and regulations.

Peter Birley’s Breezes

Sep 16, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Barrowsgate scoffs at the romanticised view of the Scottish countryside that he reads in the newspaper.

Carte Blanche

Jul 9, 1937

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in Writings

Barrowsgate, writing under his own name in the “Carte Blanche” column of Bon Accord, argues for higher standards of poultry production, a more scientific approach to farming, and co-operative marketing by the farmers themselves. He is confident that, by changing their approach to farming, the Scots would be more than able to fend off the…

Back to the Land

Jan 1, 1937

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in Observations, Writings

Barrowsgate sets out his manifesto on farming in Scotland. This was probably written in the mid-1930s as its essence appears in a newspaper article of 09 July 1937. In summary, he suggests that: Above all, Barrowsgate is in favour of “localism” and support for the small farm or croft, to avoid the migration of the…

Explodin’ a Fallacy

Sep 25, 1936

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Barrowsgate puts city folk straight about the economic realities of farming. Context: By 1936, the UK farming sector had been in decline for several years and the Conservative government elected in 1931 had brought in subsidies and price regulation.

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