Close to the Brook
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    • The Bishop's Visit
    • Piddington v Napoleon
    • The Stars
    • Gravel Pits & 2000 yr leases
    • Rooks & Pies
  • Home
  • About
  • The Diary
    • Prologue
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Chapter 17
    • Sources
  • Characters
  • The Village
    • The Big Houses
    • Farmers and Trades
    • The Villagers
    • Pubs & Ale Houses
    • The Jigsaw
    • The Middle of the village
  • Pyders' Pieces
    • The Bishop's Visit
    • Piddington v Napoleon
    • The Stars
    • Gravel Pits & 2000 yr leases
    • Rooks & Pies
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An imagined diary of a labouring man
​ born in Piddington in 1813

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Based on real people and real events


Updated Thursday 24th December

The last of four short chapters recalling events in  
November and December 1859 and 1860
 


​Chapter 16 of the Diary

The six days before Christmas 1860

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Old Bert Albert Bayliss, three score years and ten,
​standing “over the Brook”

Young David, come here. I have something I need to tell you.

​“There is no fun in this life, starting to do something,
when you already know how it’s going to end up!”
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