Fred Bettesworth the gardener. Part 1

Title

Fred Bettesworth the gardener. Part 1

Genre

Biography; Serial

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1984

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Duration

01:00:40

Description

Reading of first part (of 2) of the story of charismatic gardener Fred Bettesworth from 1892 to the turn of the century. Male reader not identified. Probably extracted from Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer, by George Stuart (pseudonym George Bourne).

Contributors

George Bourne?

Keywords

Weather; Hospitals; Country life; Gardening; Radio book readings; Dogs; Victorian period; Dialects; Surrey; Biographies; Gardens; Communities; Gardeners; Rural communities; Colloquial language; Boer War (1899-1902); Fred Bettesworth; George Stuart

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