BGS Programme of Events

SOUTHCOURT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Prebendal Ave, Aylesbury (map) (any alteration to the location, or date will be indicated on the timetable below).

May 11th 2013 2-5pm CUTPURSES, HIGHWAYMEN & PRIGGERS OF PRANCERS If our ancestors wanted that little bit more money, without waiting or working for it, they often turned to crime. What was life like for the eighteenth century man (or woman) in search of useful seed capital? Begging with menaces, Sky farming, budge and file, the smug lay, hooking, kiddynapping, swindling, prigging, even the Clean Lay . Learn about all the devious ways they tried, some of which are still in use nowadays , so be warned. Eve McLaughlin, ably assisted by the BGS Thespians (and a more cunning and villainous crew you wouldn't care to meet!).

 

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