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The series is set in the small Oxfordshire hamlet of Lark Rise, and the wealthier neighbouring market town of Candleford towards the end of the 19th century. The series chronicles the daily lives of farmworkers, craftsmen and gentry observing the characters in loving, boisterous and competing communities of families, rivals, friends and neighbours.
Lark Rise to Candleford is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Flora Thompson about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. The stories were previously published separately as Lark Rise in 1939, Over to Candleford in 1941 and Candleford Green in 1943.
Sandra Isobel McDade (born February 1964), [3] professionally known as Sandy McDade or Sandy McDare, is a Scottish actress, [4] known for her part as Margaret Brown (née Ellison) in the television series Lark Rise to Candleford, Miss Scatcherd in the 2011 film Jane Eyre, [1] and Fay on stage at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs in Iron, which won her the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Award ...
Linda Bassett Born (1950-02-04) 4 February 1950 (age 74) Pluckley, Kent, England Occupation Actress Years active 1979–present Linda Bassett (born 4 February 1950) is an English actress. Her television credits include Victoria Wood's dinnerladies (1999), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–11), Grandma's House (2010–12) and Call the Midwife (2015–present). She was nominated for the BAFTA ...
She made one last appearance with the Albion Band, on the 1980 album Lark Rise to Candleford (the soundtrack of the plays). In 1993 David Tibet of the apocalyptic folk band Current 93 released a collection of her recordings, entitled Fountain of Snow, on his Durtro label. Since then, she has appeared on a number of Current 93 recordings. [17]
Lark Rise (1939) Over to Candleford (1941) Candleford Green (1943) Lark Rise to Candleford (1945, the above three novels published as a trilogy) Still Glides the Stream (1948, published posthumously) Heatherley (1944, published posthumously first in A Country Calendar 1979 along with some Peverel Papers and some poems; then as single volume in ...
With the Albion Band. Battle of the Field (1976) Lark Rise To Candleford (1980) The BBC Sessions (1998) (tracks 1 – 4, recorded 1973) With John Raven and Sue Harris. The English Canals (1975) [reissued in 1999 as The Bold Navigators – The Story of England's Canals in Song] With Steeleye Span. Storm Force Ten (1977) Live at Last! (1978) With ...
He was one of the pool of musicians who played with the Albion Band during their residency at the National Theatre, London, playing for Bill Bryden's company, mainly in the Cottesloe Theatre. He appears on the recording of music from Lark Rise to Candleford, although the album's attributions are inaccurate.