Phil Drabble

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Phil Drabble OBE (born May 13, 1914) is a countryman, author and television presenter. Raised in the Black Country, he later lived in - and wrote mostly about - the countryside of north Worcestershire and at Abbots Bromley in south Staffordshire, where he purchased a piece of ancient woodland, a remnant of the Forest of Needwood, where he created the 90 acre (360,000 m²) Goat Lodge nature reserve.

He was an only child, whose mother died when he was young^[1]. He began work as a factory-lad and rose to the board of Salters. At the age of 47 he became a full-time writer.

He has taken few holidays, has travelled abroad only a couple of times, and is proud to have never lived more than 20 miles from his place of birth.

He is best known as presenter of the long-running TV series One Man and His Dog, in which he commentated on sheepdog trials. He also wrote a local newspaper column for the Birmingham Evening Mail.

He was declared Midlander of the Year in 1992 and made OBE in 1993.

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(during a particularly slow sheep drive) "Oh noo, they're startin' ter graze. That'll be points off fer sure!"

[edit] Bibliography

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The Black Country
Staffordshire
Weasel in My Meatsafe (1958)
Badgers at My Window, Pelham Books, (1969)
- reprint, Dickson Price, (1989) ISBN 085380186X
My Beloved Wilderness, Pelham Books, (1971)
Phil Drabble's Country Scene, Pelham Books, (1974)
Design for a Wilderness
Pleasing Pets (1975)
Country Seasons (with a foreword by Johnny Morris) Michael Joseph (1976)
One Man and His Dog Michael Joseph (1978)
Of Pedigree Unknown: Sporting & Working Dogs
No Badgers in My Wood Michael Joseph (1979)
Country Wise (1980)
It's a Dog's Life, Michael Joseph (1983) ISBN 0-7181-2232-1
Country Moods, Michael Joseph (1985) - A selection of his columns for The Birmingham Evening Mail.
What Price the Countryside?, Michael Joseph (1985)
My Wilderness in Bloom, Michael Joseph (1987)
A Voice in the Wilderness, Pelham Books, (1991) - Autobiography.