GROWING up on a Tyldesley dairy farm inspired Joanne Blears to gain a top degree in agriculture.
Joanne, 22, of Shakerley Hall Farm, graduated from Harper Adams College, Shropshire, with a first class BSc in Agriculture with Animal Science.
Daughter of Susan and Alan Blears, the former Bolton School Girls' Division pupil is celebrating with a three-month trip to Australia before coming home to find work in a farming-related industry.
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