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All this is really interesting. The daughter is a former copper. I had written the first draft of the first book when I learned that women police weren't actually allowed to drive cars in those days - so I had to go back and completely re-write it.

Well... the farm is already referenced in the first book so it's not possible to change, unfortunately. And I'm pretty sure that in the part of Devon where this is set, dairy was pretty much the only game in town. That said, the trick is not to put in loads of detail - but to just get the detail...

That stuff is incredibly useful, l' b. Thanks so much. Really excellent. The stuff around forage is really useful - and the kind of basic stuff that would have needed repairing. That said. I'm very ignorant about the differences between a byre and early parlours. Would keeping them in a byre...

Thanks l' b. The scenario for which I'm looking for accurate colour is that four years previously, in 1964, the farmer's daughter was murdered on the farm. The murder has remained unsolved. In the intervening four years, the father has become depressed at the death of his daughter and let...

Int Great tip. Thanks.

Hello. Hope this isn't off topic too much. I'm a writer currently writing a trilogy of crime novels set in 1968 - 1969. More information here. The last in the trilogy is set in January 1969 on a dairy farm. I really want to get the details right to make it as authentic as possible. Do any of...