greg stephens "A comment earlier said anyone who is interested in folk music should read the book. As I mentioned, I can't find my copy. So, what is there about folk in the book? I can't remember much at all."

Well, there's the famous chapter on The Wagon and Horses, which is directly concerned with the singing sessions which were held in that pub.

Over and above that, the book is about the transition of the village which Flora Thompson grew up in, from a small scale intimate community (the kind of society in which folksong traditions flourish), to becoming a part of modern society (where they don't).

And over and above that, folk music, like any social phenomenon, needs to be understood in terms of the people who created it. Reading books like LRTC can open a window on those people.