Trumpet Major at Poxwell Manor

A Special Production at Hardy's Oxwell Hall

Date:    Monday, 27th July 2026

Time:    7pm (The coach will leave Top o' Town car park promptly at 6.30pm)

Cost:     £20* (THS Conference ticket holders)

             £25* (THS Members) 

             £30* (Non-Members)

Meet:    Top o' Town Car Park, Dorchester at 6.30pm

*Cost includes return coach fare

Part of the 2026 THS Conference Programme

Priority booking is given to Conference ticket holders

Booking Open to others from 2nd June 2026 (subject to availability)

Tim Laycock will be directing a musical performance of The Trumpet Major in the gardens of Poxwell Manor, Hardy's Oxwell Hall, where part of the novel is set.  The performance will include music, singing and dancing and will focus on the parts of the novel in which the house is mentioned. 

Tim is a familiar face to many of our members and has been part of the "Hardean community" for many years, and is an accomplished folk musician, actor, storyteller, playwright, and author.

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Tim Laycock

Poxwell Manor (Oxwell Hall)

"Anne and the Trumpet-major were left standing by the gate" (John Collier)

Good Words, April 1880 - Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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