Charlie Allan (farmer)
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Charlie Allan (19 August 1939 – 13 December 2023) was a Scottish farmer, athlete, economist, journalist, author, broadcaster and singer.
Allan was born on 19 August 1939 in Stirling,[1] while his parents were engaged in war work, and brought up in Aberdeenshire. He started his career as an economist, teaching at Glasgow, Strathclyde[2] and St Andrews universities. In 1974 he decided to give this up to work on the family farm near Methlick.[3][1][4]
Allan produced and presented BBC Radio Scotland's twice-daily farming programme, Scottish Farming Life from their Aberdeen studios for five years, in the 1980s.[5][6]
Allan was active in many sports, including football, rugby, cricket and athletics at university and notably as a competitor in the Highland Games circuit, becoming world caber tossing champion in 1972.[5][2] He performed and recorded as a singer, particularly of bothy ballads.[5][1]
