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‘ Everyone has to have a licence in order to operate appropriate equipment and Jo runs it while I have been an assessor for 36 years.’
There’ s a common held feeling that you should always give a busy man a job because he will find a way of getting it done. Perhaps that’ s why Chris ended up putting himself forward as a councillor for Easingwold on Hambleton District Council and chairman of the Huby & Sutton on the Forest Show.
‘ I have been a district councillor now for 5 years. I’ ve always enjoyed being on committees. I was vicechairman of the Yorkshire Federation of YFC. I’ d been on Huby & Sutton on the Forest Show committee for over 20 years and I’ m delighted to be a part of bringing back the show this year. We need to keep these smaller shows going. We’ ve lost Husthwaite Show and Tollerton Show so we’ re all determined that our show will stay and flourish.’
The Rooke family lineage in Newton on Ouse goes
back to 1795 and Chris has the ledgers to prove it.
‘ It’ s been Rookes all the way. What is interesting looking at the ledgers is that the farm wages never went up in over 100 years. There was no inflation. We moved the farm out of the village in 1987 and moved house to here in 1997. The farm in the village was known as The Beeches. My parents Robert and Moira passed away in 1999.’
‘ We’ ve lost Husthwaite Show and Tollerton Show so we’ re all determined that our show will stay and flourish’
Chris married Joanne 15 years ago. They have two daughters – Georgina( 12) and Scarlett( 11). Chris’ brother David is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Environment Agency.
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