“The Cows Are Coming!”

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Those were the days Alan, good sketch

Thanks Heather! I’ve been looking at your portraits on your gallery - they’re lovely!

You have sketched the buildings very well.

Good sketch and great story Alan.

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04/07/2022
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“The Cows Are Coming!” This is Barford Lane Corner, Downton, Wilts. My Grandparents lived here when we were children. In those days at about 4.00pm the cows would be herded up the street to the farm for milking. Granny would always send us out to the front door to shoo the cows away from her door, so that she didn’t get cow pats over her step and door! Pencil on Strathmore Bristol Vellum

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Alan Sivyour

I’ve always enjoyed art, indeed at school it was the only subject I ever did well at. When I left school I worked for Ordnance Survey as a Cartographic Draughtsman, but I’m afraid my interest in art lapsed during that period. I retired back in January 2019 and I’m back into my art after all…

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