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Winston 2008 023.jpgHe's been on the telly now.

'Winston the singing farmer' appeared on ITV's regional Tales from The Country last week - and apparently his phone has been red-hot ever since.

The man who sings in Norfolk dialect is fast becoming a star in his own right even though much of his work is a tribute to the Singing Postman - Alan Smethurst, famous for his unique Norfolk dialect pop songs in the 60s.

"This proves that even up against today's hi-tech music, tradition often wins out and there's still a place for a gentler approach to life," he reckons.

"I'm not one for too much hustle and bustle, in fact I think just about everything goes too fast nowadays, but I must say that I'm enjoying the attention that I'm attracting. As the title of one of my own albums says: 'Tha's been a long time a comin'.

"I'm really pleased that Norfolk dialect is proving so popular in locations that are so far away from the country that I'm not sure most of the audience even know where it is, and that I can showcase one of our fast-disappearing local dialects."

While sentiments like that are hardly continuining the rock-and-roll hell-raising tradition of such bands as The Stones, he's certainly establishing a following.

Winston will be appearing at this year's Royal Norfolk Show and is booked to participate in a light-hearted 'Sing Off' against another well-known group 'The Wurzels' at the 35th Haddenham Steam Festival, where he hopes to prove that Norfolk dialect can get one up on the scrumpy wuaffing burr of the West Country.

He'll also be doing a turn at the Great Yorkshire Show.

Winston, who's part of a well-known Norfolk farming family, started singing as a young boy and now he is one of only a handful of local Dialect entertainers trying to preserve memories of a way of life that is rapidly being taken over by technology. That said, he's got his own website.

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