Bob Hepple was born at Sook Hill Farm, Cawburn, near Haltwhistle in 1891. Bob dedicated his life to shepherding on the hills in the Tynedale area. In the first of these oral history extracts Bob talks about the hirings, when farmers engaged farm workers. He also describes sheep dog training and even reads some poetry!

For more about Bob Hepple's oral history, see our blog post:

https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2021/11/15/bob-hepple-shepherding-in-tynedale/