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Wind on the Hills (Paperback)
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Wind on the Hills (Paperback)
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Part 1 describes growing up in the countryside during and after the
Second World War. Roger Cartwright was born in Derby in 1935 and
first became interested in animals and birds when he saw the
parrots and monkeys at Derby Arboretum. This early love of nature
was consolidated by his parents' encouragement and his experience
of living in Bentley, Hampshire where the pre-industrial farming
system with horses and old rural way of life still persisted. When
he left school he looked for an exciting outdoor job with travel to
the countries he had read about - possibly a Game Warden in Africa
or a Mountie in Canada. He eventually decided to train as a
Forester. However, before this ambition could be realised he spent
an interesting two years of Army National Service with a historic
cavalry regiment in Germany. He was a member of both the regimental
swimming and ski teams and had the opportunity for further training
in horse riding that he had started while gaining practical
forestry experience in the Quantock Hills. After finishing National
Service he completed his forestry training with the Forestry
Commission in Perthshire. Part 2 is about realising his dream,
working for the Nyasaland Government Forestry Department. It
describes his life as a Forester and honorary game warden/hunter
and naturalist in this beautiful, little known mountainous country
with its deep Rift Valley lake. Nyasaland was part of the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Roger soon understood the
African's suspicion of this alliance and saw the dark side of
colonial rule. He describes what it was like living and continuing
to work in "the leopard infested hills" (as described in the
British press) of the Northern Province throughout the 'State of
Emergency'. He also gives an impression of some of the benefits for
both Europeans and Africans of colonial government. Less than a
century earlier Nyasaland had been at the centre of the slave trade
and there was still a strong sense of the legacy of David
Livingstone and the administration of this 'Protectorate' was
relatively fair and tolerant. Roger welcomed the changes that
followed the 1960 "Wind of Change" speech made by Harold Macmillan.
Although he loved the life, the people and the country, he realised
that there would be no long-term future for him in this new Africa,
even though it would be better for Nyasaland and the African
people. After his experience in Nyasaland, he was inspired to train
and eventually qualify as a Landscape Architect and this led to the
next phase of his life when he was able to do much socially useful
planning, environment and countryside work. He has always missed
the freedom and excitement of his early life in the 'bush', which
is described in this book.
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