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Sam Batton
Formerly Rickyard Cottage, Brookfield

(Robin Pirongs)

Kirsty Miller had been attracted to sporty Sam for a while, and it didn't take long for them to get together after Tom Archer had given her the old heave-ho. A Devonian, herdsman Sam arrived at Brookfield in May 2004. He was not employed directly by Brookfield, but by a contract company: Paxley Milking Services.

Sam is obsessively professional, and very quickly brought the latest thinking to Brookfield. Unfortunately for Alistair Lloyd, this included Sam's insistence that the high-tech world of dairying needed a specialist veterinary service. Despite his reluctance, David Archer was forced to sack his brother-in-law. He might have done better to sack Sam, who in 2006 became dangerously close to David's wife Ruth threatening their marriage. After Ruth's last minute rebuff, Sam felt it was necessary to leave his job and Ambridge.
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