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# How To Save The English Village
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- Published: 2024-05-28T06:00:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-28T11:51:49.000Z
- Description: Inspired by the chance discovery of an egg vending machine deep in rural Norfolk, Patrick Galbraith reflects upon the changes to village life that have occurred over the last hundred years or so.
- Author: Beyond the Hedge Podcast
- Tags: #Import 2026-07-28 10:07

Patrick goes in search of the farmer who owns the pickled egg dispenser - David - and discovers that his family has farmed the land around Great Snoring (yes, really) for the last 150 years, and that David remembers a time when the village had a pub and when he knew who lived in every house. Today the pub is gone, the houses are occupied by 'incomers' and the only retail outlet left in the village is David's vending machine.

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