Three Country Stories

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Three Country Stories by HE Bates

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Three Country Stories by HE Bates: Series 1: 3. The Maker of Coffins

3. The Maker of Coffins

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Three Country Stories by HE Bates, Series 1, 3. The Maker of Coffins

Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes to play for his mother.

Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes to play for his mother. Read by David Neal.

Every Sunday, a mother awaits the arrival of her eldest son Luther. 

He visits her to play the fiddle after finishing his job as a coffin maker. He dreads the day when he'll be measuring her up.

A selection of short stories by HE Bates.

Featuring some splendid local characters, set in the heart of the Bedfordshire countryside which the author knew and loved so well.

Abridged and read by David Neal

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987.

Three Country Stories by HE Bates: Series 1

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