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Radio Sheffield,4 mins

Barnsley's 'Strimmer Man' has retired at the age of 87

Toby Foster on BBC Radio Sheffield

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For the last 28 years, Ian Goldthorpe has been out trimming grass verges in Oxspring near Barnsley, He's known locally as 'The Strimmer Man'. Picture Credit: Barnsley Chronicle.

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