A ghost story about smuggling.
Goods were shipped in casks
just the right size for the "Tub Men" to carry on their backs.
Tub men were young and fit and could run as much as twenty five miles in
a night.
This story follows Sam back to Eighteenth Century
England where he becomes caught between the threats and rewards of the
Riding Officer and a gang of Smugglers. The villain is William Death, a
smuggler who says that any one caught talking to the Riding Officers
will have to answer to him, and ".....nobody can escape
Death!"
Although original, this story is full of details about the ways of
Smugglers and the measures that the King's men took to catch and punish
them.
The story is best heard in a dimly lit venue so that the lanterns and
candle light can add to the magic.
1 Hour--Year 3 and older 2
classes
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