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Obituaries BILLY TURNER 1935 - <strong>2022</strong> Billy Turner was born at Norton le Clay, a small farming village in the heart of North Yorkshire. He attended Scorton grammar school for his secondary education and then returned to the home farm, where in his spare time loved to deal in sheep and cattle and was a great supporter of the live auction system. This honed his bargaining skills and when in the coming years Billy was selling bulls at Society sales, it drew great amusement from the audience when Billy was extolling the virtues of his cattle to the auctioneers, usually with his hand in the air until the hammer dropped. He used to say, “You have 18 months to prepare a bull for sale and one minute to sell it.” So make the most of it. Billy was a great supporter of the Young Farmers Club and it was at a YFC rally that changed his life. There was a young girl who was outstanding in a poultry dressing competition and this together with her other charms attracted Billy’s attention. Billy and Jane were duly married and shortly after their marriage were awarded the tenancy of Village Farm, Skelton on Ure, which is a farm on the Newby Hall estate. They later also took the tenancy of Brampton Hall. The family began to grow, with the births of Janet, Margaret and Sarah. With Sarah now the custodian of the farms and the Charolais herd Billy and Jane made a formidable partnership with her incredible work ethic and Billy’s ambitious plans. Billy was a countryman who loved his hunting, shooting, fishing and racing but above all he was a traditional farmer, a true custodian of the land. He believed in mixed farming, achieving the benefits of keeping livestock for the added benefits for the arable side of the business. Billy was a positive character who looked forward. He was always there to give sound advice but sometimes would not take heed of his own words!! If there was a discussion and it was maybe not coming round to Billy’s way of thinking, he would finish by saying “ Well you can please yourselves but I am telling you”. Or if there was a problem which had to be sorted he would say, “It’ll be right. End of conversation” Billy was not always right but he was never wrong!! One of Billy and Jane’s positive innovative moves was purchasing a batch of Charolais heifers in 1972, which were the foundation of the Brampton Charolais herd. When the herd became established it proved to be a very influential herd, particularly during the 1980s and 90s in both the show and sale rings. Over the years bulls sold to a top of 28,000gns with several bulls selling for five figure sums and in the show ring the stock bull Nebulus won the breed and interbreed Burke Trophy at the Royal Show in both 1980 and 1982. The Burke Trophy at the Royal Show was the blue riband interbreed championship event in the cattle world, where the numbers of cattle forward at the Royal far exceeded any of today’s shows. In the Charolais section alone there were regularly more than 100 entries. The 1982 Royal Show was one of Billy and Jane’s highlights when the show team cleaned up most of the Charolais and inter breed trophies with the exception of the Charolais female championship, where the homebred cow Mull took the reserve rosette. At the Royal Show, the three young bulls Tenpin, Ulysses and Chopper won the junior Charolais bull championship trophy. At the Great Yorkshire Show, it was drink’s all round between 1980 and 1982 when Nebulus and Mull completed a hat trick of wins in the beef interbreed competition. All the more poignant winning this prestigious award at not only the local show but also the best livestock county show in the country. Billy was invited to join the <strong>BCCS</strong> council of management to represent the Yorkshire region and served some twelve years on council where he was the <strong>BCCS</strong> treasurer in 2002. The following year he was elected to be the <strong>BCCS</strong> president, a role he was proud to accept. He was a great ambassador for Charolais cattle and the Society, and over the years the Turner family have hosted several open days, young breeders training sessions and a World Charolais Congress in 1996. All visitors to Brampton to view the cattle, or just call in for a chat were made welcome. The Brampton Charolais herd is one of only a handful of British Charolais herds which can celebrate 50 years since joining the Society. In conclusion Billy was a man of integrity, kindness and boundless generosity, who lived life to the full. His care for Jane over the 20 years of her debilitating illness was inspirational. He was quite simply one of a kind. There will never be another Billy Turner. David Benson Billy Turner 85 <strong>September</strong> newsletter 22.indd 85 16/09/<strong>2022</strong> 15:01:33
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