Story-telling with Tim Laycock

FIRESIDE TALES FROM WESSEX

 

Participatory folk stories and songs for all the family.

 

Event Description

The first stories that Thomas Hardy heard were local legends and tales, told by his grandmother in front of the fire on long winter evenings. In later life, he included many of the themes and characters in his poems and novels.

 

Tim Laycock tells and sings  folk tales and story songs from Wiltshire and Dorset for all the family , accompanying himself on concertina and guitar. How big was the Wonderful Crocodile? Where did Jack  go in the Magic Boat? And how did Old William outwit the Bull? Come along and find out!

 

Tim was born in Wiltshire and grew up in Dorset. He has told traditional stories all over the West country. Tim is also the artistic director of The New Hardy Players, and the author of Dorset Folk Tales for Children.

 

Event Location

Wiltshire Museum

Event Places:

Price

Free with museum entry

Event Date:

Tuesday 25th October 2022

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