talkingpiffle:Apart from this, he (Mr. Goodrich) knew nothing to Mr. Martin’s discredit. He seemed t
talkingpiffle:Apart from this, he (Mr. Goodrich) knew nothing to Mr. Martin’s discredit. He seemed to have been quiet enough, and in any case, Hinks’s Lane being out of sight and sound of the village, campers couldn’t make nuisances of themselves down there. Some of them brought gramophones or concertinas or ukuleles, according to their taste and social position, but Mr. Goodrich had no object to their amusing themselves, so long as they didn’t disturb anybody. He never made any charge for camping on his ground–it didn’t hurt him, and he didn’t see why he should take payment for letting the poor devils who lived in towns help themselves to a mouthful of fresh air and a drink of water. He usually asked them to leave the place as tidy as they could, and as a rule he had found them pretty decent in this respect.–Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase, Chapter XII. “The Evidence of the Bride’s Son,” 1932.Image 1: Columbia portable gramophone, 1930. (x)Image 2: Concertina, 1930s. (x)Image 3: Martin Style 3-K Ukulele, ca. 1930. (x) -- source link