The Darling Buds of May: Inspiration for the ITV drama The Larkins starring Bradley Walsh
H. E. Bates
The Darling Buds of May: Inspiration for the ITV drama The Larkins starring Bradley Walsh
H. E. Bates
‘Home looks nice. Allus does though, don’t it? Perfick’ And so the Larkins
Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery
return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor- one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty’s inspector of taxes.
Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn’t paid his tax
but nothing’s that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to ‘Charley’
as Pop calls him
and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living- the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon’s Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights.
In fact, soon Charley can’t see any reason to return to the office at all …
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