Laurie Lee Centenary Walk: Slad Brook from
Source to Confluence
(As featured in the Site Festival 2104
Programme)
‘Without the Slad Brook there would have
been no cloth trade in the local valleys around Slad. Without the cloth trade
there would have been no riots in Slad and Stroud in 1825. Join us on a walk
from the source of the brook to its confluence with the Frome in Stroud. Help
us recreate the past along the partially culverted brook with
psycho-geographical musings, notes on flora and fauna, together with
performance.’
We’ll probably meet at Bulls Cross, rather
than the Camp – will confirm – but it will definitely be on Thursday May 1st
at 2pm.
The Site Festival Guide also says about the
whole Laurie Lee Centenary Walks:
‘… All the walks are led by writers, poets,
artists and historians… Walk leaders will each offer their own unique
approach…’
We will have Kel Portman from Walking the
Land leading us; John Bassett from Spaniel in the Works performing; I will do
the historical contextualization bits.
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