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MISTRESS OF SWING

Being an avid family history researcher since I was at school, more years ago than I care to remember, I have always enjoyed WDYTYA?, but I found Lesley Manville’s search for Aaron Harding of particular interest.

I have been researching the Swing Riots since the early 1990s, firstly looking at riots in Gloucestershire, as I thought some of my ancestors might have taken part as there were riots in Bibury, the village where they lived in 1830. By the time I had found out that they were not involved I

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