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The Lane Knew Who Was Missing
by The Parish Teller
An old man remembers village life in Great Barrington, Little Barrington, Windrush and Sherborne. The hub, the lanes, the field, the pig, the fete, the bonfire, the yard, and what the parish became on a Monday.
Episodes
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Episode 8 - When the Hub Goes Dark on a Monday
The stone is still there. The share has gone. A parish that only answers on a Friday has not died, It has been let.
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Episode 7 - The Yard, the Park, and Sherborne’s Clock
Bert Tovey’s shed, the Colonel at Barrington Park, and the other clock down the brook, where the old men still argued about the deer.
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Episode 6 - Bonfire Night, and the Chimney You Could See
A guy in the carrier’s hat, a rocket that went horizontal over the causeway, and the winter habit of sending a boy with broth.
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Episode 5 - Fete Day at the Hub
Banner, beef, a cornet nobody wanted to lose and a sack race decided by a fall. The hurdle was still there at Christmas.
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Episode 4 - A Pig in Four Parishes
King George at the bottom of the garden, a plate sent to Windrush, and the roast that brought Sherborne over first.
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Episode 3 - The Field and the Share that Came Back
Gleaning day on the Windrush meadows. A spare sack that was not spare, carried to a cottage where the lane turns for Sherborne.
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Episode 2 - The Lanes That Led In
Fred Phelps the carrier joins the four places and a boy sent for yeast comes home educated. The bus was quicker. It did not ask after your mother.
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Episode 1 - Great Barrington, Where the Parish Kept Its Hat
The parish had a middle and it was not Burford. An old man walks the causeway, the school bell, and the Sunday coat that was spoken of like a small yacht.
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