Wot...no cries of outrage at a 1930s melodeon being "played" earlier than it could have been built?

Or the wrong sort of tuning pegs on the banjo...indeed, I guess the wrong sort of banjo...

Catters, you're slipping :-))

FWIW, I love the books, have played in the band for the Dewhurst adaptation, and still enjoy the Sunday night farago. It's Larkrise Jim, but not as we know it...

Baz