September 20, 2009 - Tattersall Farm Day, Haverhill, MA

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This was my second consecutive year at the Tattersall Farm Day in Haverhill - the City I grew up in, and still live in today! In fact, I remember as a child Mr. Tattersall dropping in to visit my family from time to time on his farm tractor, always with a big smile on his bespectacled face and always with hours of stories to tell. The land that he and his wife left behind to the City of Haverhill - and the mandate that it be used as a working farm to teach citizens about farming and the rural roots of Haverhill - is a true gift to our City, and for me, a reminder of what my hometown used to be like. Before the developments, shopping plazas and sprawl, Haverhill was a true country setting of fields and forest, and the Tattersall Farm preserves a very small piece of that life and time. I met so many families and friendly faces from Northern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire on Sunday - I have limited video because most of my time was spent at my booth, talking weather and talking Haverhill!  Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy the folks I had the privilege of capturing on camera, and many thanks to all of those who were so friendly and supportive, and for coming out to support Tattersall Farm Day!