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Jimmy Rafferty

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Born

in Armagh, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.jimmyrafferty.co.uk

Genre

Humor and Comedy, Poetry

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PG Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett, Tom Sharpe, Pam Ayres ...more

Member Since

August 2013

URL

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I am a recently retired ex-computer consultant, ex-programmer, ex-lettuce cutter, ex-Goodyear factory process operator, ex-peat salesman, ex-glasshouse worker, (with an NVQ in lettuce growing, no less!) ex -agricultural student, ex-hoer (hoeing weeds, of course!)and ex-apple peeler.

I am also 4-times winner of the 'Bard of Armagh' contest for humorous verse, and the author a (hopefully) funny book about my growing up on a small farm in Ireland in the 1950s. Things were rough,(especially the toilet paper in the 'little shack outback!) with no electricity, no running water (except through the thatch, on a wet night)and the constant battles for control of the back yard with the 'rooster from hell'

The book also contains the words of all my poem ...more

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A Country Glipe

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