Cultureshock

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Hello, I'm Evie. I'm 10 years old and I live in a small village called Barningham which is about 15 minutes by car from Barnard Castle. I moved to Barningham when I was 4 years old. This is the house I live in, it's very old. It belongs to our landlord, Sir Anthony Milbank. He lives in the big house called Barningham Park. He has some tennis courts which he lets everybody play on. Next to his house there are some offices to rent and my dad uses one of them.

Here is a field next to the offices, I went sledging down the hill in it and broke my leg. In the field there is a stone circle. Sometimes walkers come to our village and think it’s really ancient but Sir Anthony built it himself. One of Sir Anthony's relatives insisted the village telephone box be green to fit in with the surroundings. This is the Milbank Arms. Neil Turner, the pub landlord, always gives my dog Jasper treats when we go there. According to my mum he makes wonderful cocktails. Near the pub is the church. I like going to the 3 10 services, they happen on the third Sunday of the month at 10 o'clock. At Christmas time we have a raffle to see who will turn the light on in the tower.

The village has a lovely green which is a stretch of grass where you can play and find conkers in the autumn. Sometimes men come to play quoits there. The village hall has a book club, a cinema club and I like to ride my roller blades in the playground. I go to Startforth School on a bus and I'm dropped back at this bus shelter everyday. There are about 18 children living in the village but we're all different ages.

Sometimes it can be quite boring living here but the best thing about Barningham in my opinion is the moor and the countryside. My teenage brothers like to ride their bikes and with the gamekeepers permission they like to shoot rabbits. My sister and I like to walk our two dogs. Our family has one of the allotments at the top of the village now. We grew a courgette the size of a marrow. We could enter it in the Barningham produce show. Recently I joined the Barningham History Society which I go to when I can.

All together Barningham is a special place to live and anyone who gets a chance to live here is very lucky.