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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: little blue on April 10, 2010, 06:17:51 pm

Title: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: little blue on April 10, 2010, 06:17:51 pm

Katie Thear has died aged 70, after a long fight against cancer
Founder of "Practical Self Sufficiency", then renamed "Home Farm" then "Country Smallholding" magazines,
Author of some 22 books on self-sufficency, animal husbandry, poultry and produce

rest in peace

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: Daisys Mum on April 10, 2010, 07:03:20 pm

Thats sad I wonder how many of us have at least 1 copy of 1 of her books I know that I have, it was one of the first ones that I bought and I found it very helpful

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 10, 2010, 09:05:36 pm

I thought she died y   e  a r s   ago :-[

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: little blue on April 10, 2010, 09:07:22 pm

no, end of March... but I've been too busy to remember to post this til Country Smallholding mag reminded me!

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: Rosemary on April 10, 2010, 09:27:21 pm

It is sad - she was a bit of a pioneer in this stuff. Still, at least her memory will go on in her writing.

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: Roxy on April 10, 2010, 11:21:29 pm

Thats sad to hear.  I have read many of her books.  Have still got a goat book she wrote from many years ago.

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: garden cottage on April 11, 2010, 06:35:28 am

katie was a legend who started many smallholders off, still have a lot of the original practical self sufficiency magazines from when it started with superb info in on just about everything.

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: sabrina on April 12, 2010, 11:01:18 am

Such a shame to lose a wonderful person like Katie  :(

Title: Re: R.I.P. Katie Thear
Post by: Jackie on April 13, 2010, 08:41:38 am

A shame but just look at the legacy she left us all.  ;D