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– written by Tim Douglas and read by Allan Wright. £6.00 pp free UK                 These poems by Borders farmer Tim Douglas were first broadcast in the BBC radio production a Poem a Song and a Story. This cassette was made up to satisfy the demand which followed the broadcasts. They reek of the Border hills where Douglas’ family has farmed at Mainside of Roxburghshire for more than 300 years. His main crops are cows, sheep, barley and poems. The serious side pays tribute to the Border Collie, The Lambing Man, Islay Malt, the Man from the Department and Poor Old Scotland. But the highlights for many are on the humorous side which concentrates the travails of the trauchled farmers.