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Blackberry Day

Episode 2 of 3

By Malachi Whitaker. Betty finds it hard to come to terms with Ben's retirement from the mill. Rosalind Ayres reads Malachi Whitaker's rediscovered, moving tale.

Malachi Whitaker was the pen name of Marjorie Olive Whitaker. She wrote a number of short stories in the twenties and thirties and was regarded as one of the finest authors of that time.

Whitaker chronicled the lives of ordinary folk in the north of England, with sensitivity and humanity. She died in 1975. Her forgotten story, 'Blackberry Day' is a moving account of a woman in the Yorkshire Dales finding it hard to come terms with her husband's retirement from the mill.

Reader: Rosalind Ayres

Producer/Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis & Ayres Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 Feb 2014 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 May 2009 15:30
  • Sun 7 Nov 2010 00:30
  • Wed 5 Feb 2014 11:00
  • Wed 5 Feb 2014 21:00
  • Thu 6 Feb 2014 04:00