found: Farmer Barnes buys a pig, c1968.
found: The farmer, the rooks, and the cherry tree, 1980:t.p. (John Cunliffe)
found: BL AL recd. 10th Dec. 1998(John Arthur Cunliffe, born 16th June 1933)
found: Wikipedia, 22 April 2014(John Arthur Cunliffe, British children's book author who created the characters of Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim; born in Colne)
found: Guardian WWW site, viewed Oct. 1, 2018(John Cunliffe; b. John Arthur Cunliffe, June 16, 1933, Colne; d. Sept. 20, 2018; creator of the Postman Pat stories, who depicted a community-spirited but disappearing world; lived in Kendal, Cumbria, and later in Ilkley, West Yorkshire)