The Railway Children by K M Briggs

The railway children has been adapted many times for radio and the stage, and at least six times for the screen. If ever a book needed no introduction, it is this one. It's set in the middle of the orchard shortly after the civil war, when christmaswas under threat, or even banned. All the people we want to celebrate christmas are having to do it in a barn. And they've had to, had to do it. They're trying tor try to do it as far away from the big house, so that nobody knows there are the christmas revels af band. So if you hadn't already guessed, because we've already told you, so you

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