The Jackson family is one of very few remaining native householders with deeply rooted tradition of sheep farming which is dating back to at least four generations and traditional skills such as blade shearing, which is a very important and specific skill of Elfed Jackson, and it has become a ‘trademark” of the family. Shearing competitions are unique events for competitors as well as for their family’s members who as an audience bring event to another level in which matter of national belonging playing huge part.