‘Gie’s back wir haunel’ – concluded

This week’s Down Memory Lane concludes an article written by now-retired police animal health inspector Gordon Caskie in June 1992.

Gordon, from Campbeltown, worked in Paisley when he penned the piece for police magazine the Strathclyde Guardian.

Over the last two weeks, we heard how Gordon, a fellow police animal health inspector and a Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland (DOAFS) vet met with reluctance while helping Ayrshire farmer Alex comply with a compulsory sheep dipping programme.

As well as removing and hiding the antiquated, cast-iron pump handle required to operate the farm’s well and only water source, Alex closed gates and attempted to destroy the holding pens while the sheep were being gathered in.