My name is Mick O'Reardon and I was born in a little village called Lastingham on the edge of the North York Moors in February 1948. I lived with my grandparents until i was nine years old then my father who was in the RAF moved my mother sister and I into married quarters. After several postings we ended up in Leicestershire where I started my farrier life at the age of 16 in 1964. Shoeing horses became my life for the next 52 years.