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Oral History Volume 3 - Tales that Hardy missed!
Thomas
Hardy collected tales and stories throughout Dorset and beyond – cycling
countless miles in the process. He avidly followed the oddities and items in
local newspapers and used all he found in his novels, plays and short stories.
– The horse through a window in Tess;
Tales from the military encampment in Melancholy Hussar;
the visiting fair in Day / Year After the Fair and
a hanging – his most memorable experience as a child – in Withered
Arm
The
technique of Oral History and a sprinkling of Storytelling! Nothing is new!
However, he didn’t collect all the stories. Let David lead on a raconteur’s
ramble through the back lanes of Dorset history in his shows:
White Mercury & Brown Rice
The story of Mary Channing –
the last woman put to the flame for witchcraft. - A case that rested on ‘how
big is a nut’!
Time Out of Mind
The story of Sir Christopher Wren and John Toby. Portland Stone Builds London!
Unionism and the Power of One
Traces the history of the Trade Union Movement from East Weares and Tolpuddle
The story of
Dorset Highwaymen
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