Episode 5
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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