Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: To Win the Day presented by Time & Tide (FREE ENTRY)

The story of the Tolpuddle men is well known and has been much celebrated, but what happened to the women, the families left behind? Without parish relief and with children to support, they had to find ways to survive – and even thrive.

Follow in the footsteps of the wives, mothers, daughters and lovers of the six transported men, as they navigate a world prejudiced against their gender, religion and class. They have only their courage, their loyalty and the bonds of family between them to sustain their families as they go far from home to a new county and then a new country.

The storyline has been woven into script and song using contemporary documents and music familiar to the ordinary folk in the 19th century, and performed by Dorset-based Time & Tide.