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Taffy Thomas MBE | Local Legends #17: Westmoreland
On this week's very special Local Legends episode, Martin gathers round the Three Ravens campfire with England's first-ever Storytelling Laureate, the folklorist and author Taffy Thomas.
In his younger years Taffy was a drama teacher and entertainer, founding the highly influential theatre company Magic Lantern. Then a debilitating stroke at the age of 36 changed Taffy’s life, and he turned to storytelling as self-imposed speech therapy.
In the years that followed he became England's leading proponent in the art of traditional storytelling, collecting tales from oral sources and folklore…
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