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Hard times and hungry months
Folksongs and stories at Hardy's Cottage Dorchester, Dorset.
The Hard Times of Old England. The folksongs and stories of rural communities living on the edge are powerful, poignant and occasionally very funny. Tim Laycock weaves together the writings of Thomas Hardy and William Barnes on the realities of country life in the winter months.
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