I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.
I come from a tough stock.
I worked on a farm for a little bit.
I come from generations of farmers.
What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise?
I'm the kind of person who, if I were living in another time, if I had to pick any time, I would probably be a pioneer. I just love the simplicity of what it means to work hard with your hands - to eat and survive.
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.
I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy.
I've been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder.