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Fabulous Coffee
What happens when folk tales and coffee come together? Rory Waterman finds out by talking to Seven Districts Coffee founder Ben Southall.
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Harry the Liar
When I moved to North Thoresby in 1997, I became a “regular” at the New Inn which stands at the eastern edge of the village, near the old Station. There were a number of regular village characters among the patrons, including the remarkable, notorious Harry Parker who lived in one of the railway cottages nearby.
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The Village Behind the Folklore
A young girl running into a kitchen with an armful of ‘may’ blossom so terrifies her grandmother that the old woman would hurl her back across the threshold, if she were not so lame. Is this in the 1860s? No. It is 1961. We are in the Lincolnshire village where
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Excursion: Hibaldstow
Gemma Garwood ventures to Hibaldstow to create a deep map. Black dogs, enchanted springs, knowledgeable locals and… peacocks (?) may be present.
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Folk Memory as Resistance
The book in question is a collection of short fiction that in different ways draws on working-class themes and experience, all ten contributions by working-class writers. The genre is horror. The problem: how do I describe the class-consciousness I developed growing up in a once industrious town in north Lincolnshire…
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Jack and the Day of the Fair
We love receiving original contributions of creative writing. Below, you’ll find a new addition to the Jack tale genre, sent to us by Peter Irons, who came along to our recent Folk Tale Day at Mrs Smith’s Cottage Museum, Navenby in February. This story is set in and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds,…
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