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Mr Rook’s Speakeasy Presents… Three Acres and a Cow

26th Oct 2017 @ 19:00

£7 – £9

Mr Rook’s Presents Three Acres and a Cow, A History Of Land Rights And Protest In Folk Song And Story.

‘Three Acres And A Cow’ connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues like fracking, our housing crisis and food sovereignty movement via the Enclosures, English Civil War, Irish Land League and Industrial Revolution, drawing a compelling narrative through the radical people’s history of England in folk song, stories and poems.

Part TED talk, part history lecture, part folk club sing-a-long, part poetry slam, part storytelling session… Come and share in these tales as they have been shared for generations.

Tickets £9 // £7 concessions

Details

Date:
26th Oct 2017
Time:
19:00
Cost:
£7 – £9
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Website:
www.rooklane.org.uk/events/mr-rooks-speakeasy-presents-three-acres-and-a-cow/

Organiser

Mr Rook’s Speak Easy
Phone:
01373 468040
Email:
misterrooksspeakeasy@gmail.com
Website:
www.facebook.com/pg/misterrooksspeakeasy

Venue

Rook Lane Chapel
Rook Lane, Bath Street
Frome, BA11 1DN
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Phone:
01373 468040
Website:
www.rooklane.org.uk