The Memory
John Seymour spoke and wrote with a memorable turn of phrase, with humour and, not shrinking from technical detail, a chemical formula where it made an explanation clearer. Television provided a means of leaving more memories: like that of him quoting George Borrow as he tramped across a wet Welsh upland under a battered umbrella.
- John was as much at home in the humblest house on a hillside, as in the manor house of landed gentry. He was like a force of nature, always willing to listen, always interested in learning about new - or very old - ways of working the land. He was a one-man rebellion against modernism ... Herbert Girardet, 2005.
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