The Land Settlement Association (LSA) was a UK Government scheme set up in 1934 to re-settle unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas, particularly from North-East England and Wales. A visceral, visual novel of rural experiment and dark secrets, set in 1930s England at the height of the Great Depression

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We provide lunch, plus a range of activities to support our social, emotional and mental well-being, including outdoor sports and games when the weather allows. The Radleys have been accepted by a government scheme aimed at resettling the unemployed, and Tommy has gone ahead of Lettie to learn the art of being a smallholder. At first everything seems to be going swimmingly. Their new neighbours, Adam and Jean Dent, are an older couple and experienced smallholders. They offer friendship and educate the newcomers about growing their crops and taking care of their animals. The younger pair must reach a certain standard during a probation period, or risk losing their home and livelihood. Lettie seems to forgive everyone except herself for any failings, but she is suspicious of the Dents and their over-familiarity with her husband. I’m 1934 the Land Settlement Association started buying up farms and brought long term unemployed industrial workers from the north to man them. This is the story of Tommy, a miner, and Lettie his wife at Foxash. Life is hard, very hard but for Lettie it seems barely tolerable.Foxash Estate is in the ceremonial county of Essex, the historic county of Essex, and the administrative county of Essex. Ceremonial County

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Now that you've found a venue, are you looking for caterers, cleaners, mobile bar or any other related business? Foxash is a rather unusual novel, and all the better for it. The setting is interesting, and one I had never heard of - a 1930's British government scheme to get former industrial workers into agricultural work. Very interesting premise and vividly portrayed. The unease and darkness grows till about three quarters of the way through, the unease turns into an even darker feeling of dread. Foxash LSA was created from Good Hall farm house and 744 acres of land. The farm land was sub-divided into smallholdings for the LSA and some was planted as an orchard (Foxash Orchards). The centre of Foxash Estate is located at position 51.93201° latitude and 0.9948° longitude. LatitudeGeorgie is extremely proud that she has earnt the opportunity of a placement as a lecturer at two equine colleges and universities in the UK, with further lectures and clinics happening in many venues around the world. In addition, she is also a regular contributor to the Horse and Rider Magazine offering answers to help them with horse, saddle and rider issues. The Propagation Unit (Props) was located at Home Farm (Home Farm Lane), managed by Peter Spiers during the 1960s/70s. It was dissolved at the closure and became Foxash Horticultural Services.

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To give you some idea about suitability, the following events have been or are planned to be held at Foxash Social Club:I would only recommend Foxash if you enjoy pain, misery and hopelessness. If you fancy that sort of thing, it’s a compelling novel. In the book, Tommy and Lettie are from one the Pit Town of Easington, one of the areas that was viable for the scheme due to high unemployment. A Maintenance Unit, based behind the LSA stores, was responsible for repairs to houses and glasshouses with specialist plumbers, carpenters, etc. The team was led by Phil Hooper, who later moved to Spain. “The maintenance man in the 1960s and early 70s was Bill Lay Flurrie who apparently fixed most things with a large hammer and some nails!! He needed to mix a small amount of cement at ours once and used the washing up bowl from the kitchen!” (Diane King, nee Chapman No 19)

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Something about the book blurb on NetGalley made me think I would enjoy reading this book, and my thanks to the publisher for providing an ARC. As it turns out, it wasn’t quite what I was expecting and I don’t know whether that’s because I misread the description or because it was, as it felt to me, a different book to what was described. Foxash was one of the many small-holdings set up in the 1930s by the Government’s Land Settlement Association. I found it quite hard to focus on and the entire atmosphere of the book felt claustrophobic and dark.Worn down by poverty, Lettie Radley arrives in Foxash, Essex to join her out-of-work miner husband Tommy. Their new smallholding may well be the 'fairy-tale home’ the (Land Settlement) Association promised, but she has trouble accepting the new neighbours, Jean and Adam Dell. A farmer’s life is hard to adapt to, for city folks. Lettie relies on Jean for advice yet resents it and feels humiliated to have to ask. This venue is a Community Centre on one level. We use a large room, which is wheelchair accessible and has easy access to toilet facilities. We also have use of a kitchen. Our Ukulele Club meets here each Thursday morning.D'Arcy Rd