Dunse Oral History Project

Snow storms - 1947 and 63

Weather Events

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Robin Forrest was born at the village of Preston outside Duns in 1939 where his family farmed at Preston Farm. The farm is now in the hands of the fourth generation of 'Forrests'. Robin has given the History Society several stories of the changing face of farming during his lifetime. Here he talks about his memories of the snow storms of 1947 and 1963 and his father using a horse drawn sledge.