Yes, they give a good snapshot of social attitudes - in Dorset's case among the local clergy who wrote much of the volume.

Thanks Alex. we are starting small, but hope to pick up some momentum!

Dorset dialect poet William Barnes recalled: "The celebration of Peace, in August, 1814, took place when I was a boy ... the respectable inhabitants subscribed largely to treat the poor with a public dinner of beef and pudding, and strong beer."

williambarnessociety.org.uk/dorsetshire-...

You are very kind, but I am lucky to have such excellent contributors who make the editorial process light work

Surprisingly, this was not the most inappropriate casting of Brian Blessed ... here he is as a Cathar parfait ...
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Pretty sure it was on the BBC, so yes, probably on iPlayer ...

In a recent documentary a French craftsman working on the restoration of Notre Dame explained that the roof timbers cut with an adze were stronger and more able to flex with the settling of the building than those cut with a saw

This is a great album, we had it on repeat when it came out