Delve
Delve is a deep, detailed look at the landscape and culture of specific locations. By shining a light on the history and oral traditions (folk song, oral history, folklore and tale) of a place it seeks to show the breadth of human experience there. Talking to writers, storytellers, musicians, researchers, historians and local interest groups it weaves across the ages and disciplines, pulling in poetry and literature to explore both the past and present. "The history of a nation is not in parliaments and battlefields but in what the people say to each other on fairdays and high days, and in how they farm, and quarrel and go on pilgrimage."W. B Yeats
Delve
Rydal: Rydal Hall, Death Customs and The Corpse Road
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Episode 3
This episode is based in the tiny village of Rydal, where we look at the history of the hall, the cattle trader turned MP before exploring Cumbrian death customs and talking to Alan Cleaver about Corpse Roads. Plus we throw in a murder ballad to cheer the whole thing up!
All interviews were recorded on the phone during the coronavirus lockdown.
Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc