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Native breeds important part of traditional Cheshire pub menu

By combining an ‘old-fashioned village pub’ and an ‘un-modernised mixed livestock farm’ Didy Morgan is trying to honour the past in a fast-moving world

Katie Jones
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Didy Morgan, Alan Phillips and Paddy Fives pictured with the farm's carthorse Millie
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Didy Morgan, Alan Phillips and Paddy Fives pictured with the farm's carthorse Millie

Farming the traditional way is how Didy Morgan would describe the system she runs on 80 hectares (200 acres) near the rural village of Tilston in Cheshire. And she adds there is no better sight than...

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