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Balwhidder remembers the loss of a dear friend and the shocking events at the cotton mill which changed Dalmailing forever. Read by Paul Young.

John Galt's 1821 masterpiece of small-town Scottish life. Reverend Micah Balwhidder draws his account of a fifty year ministry in a sleepy rural parish to a close.

Settled in his study at the end of his career, Balwhidder remembers the loss of a dear friend and the shocking events at the cotton mill which changed Dalmailing for ever.

Abridged by Rosemary Goring and read by Paul Young.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

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Sat 2 Sep 2017 02:00

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