CHANNEL 4's new history of the countryside, Green & Pleasant Land, would like to hear Citizen readers' stories of country living between the 1950s and the 1970s.
Families started moving out to live in rural areas, some in remote spots, after the war but they did not always feel welcomed by villagers who felt their traditional way of life was threatened.
Newcomers wanted conservation and a pretty rural idyll whereas those working on the farms often wanted development and new jobs.
There was conflict, too, in the farming world between large agriculture businesses and the small farmers, some of whom were being squeezed out.
If you have memories from whichever side of the fence in what could be described as the battle for the countryside, please write to me.
Miriam Black,
Associate Producer,
Testimony Films,
12 Great George Street,
Bristol BS1 5RS.
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