Nicola Chester: Ghosts of the Farm

This is the story of Miss White, a woman who lived in the author’s village 80 years ago, a pioneer who realised her ambition to become a farmer during the Second World War, and how she worked to become accepted within this community. Nicola Chester, too, dreamed of becoming a farmer but working with horses was the only path open to her.

Was it easier for women to become farmers in the 1940s than it is now?Moving between Nicola’s own attempts to work outdoors and Miss White’s desire to farm a generation earlier, Nicola explores the parallels between their lives – and the differences.

You may also like the following events from FOLDE:

• Next month, 19th September, 07:00 pm, Manni Coe: Little Ruins – in conversation with Joanna Quinn in Shaftesbury
• Next month, 25th September, 07:00 pm, Tom Cox: Everything Will Swallow You – In conversation with Jon Woolcott in Shaftesbury
• This October, 16th October, 07:00 pm, Callum Robinson: Ingrained in Shaftesbury

Also check out other Arts events in Shaftesbury, Literary Art events in Shaftesbury.