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that Mr Evans has stolen the will, and she retaliates by stealing an old skull which is believed to control a curse on Druid's Bottom, which then burns down, causing guilt to Carrie who has by then discovered that Mr Evans was in fact innocent - there was no will at all. The Willow children go to live with family in Glasgow. There is an epilogue in which, thirty years later, the adult Carrie returns to the area with her (two) children to discover that Hepzibah and Mr Johnny are still living at Druid's Bottom, now owned by Albert Sandwich, while Mr Evans has died years before, alone and unhappy.
62:. They stay with a rural shopkeeper, Mr Samuel Evans, a harsh taskmaster, and his timid sister, Auntie Lou, whom Samuel dominates and bullies. Another evacuee child, Albert, lives at a nearby country mansion called Druid's Bottom, run by the oldest Evans sister, Mrs Dilys Gotobed, estranged from Mr Evans, penniless and terminally ill, along with her mentally disabled adult cousin Mr Johnny and housekeeper, Hepzibah Green. All the inhabitants of Druid's Bottom befriend Carrie and Nick. 99:
in rural Wales. Only a small amount of Welsh was spoken in the series: by Mr Evans saying Grace at the children's first meal in his house in Episode 1, and by the minister, Mr Morgan, officiating at Mrs Gotobed's funeral ("Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...") in Episode 4. The railway scenes in Episodes
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During the course of the series, Auntie Lou weds an American soldier and leaves the village over Mr Evans's bitter objections. Mrs Gotobed dies and Mr Evans tries to claim her mansion and property and to evict Hepzibah and Mr Johnny after her will apparently disappears. Carrie and Nick are convinced
104:. There were five half-hour episodes which were aired in January 1974. The cast of child actors would have few other credits. The series has been made available on DVD and is available to purchase online. It is referenced in the BBC documentary 57:
Set in Britain during World War Two, the story revolves around a girl, Carrie Willow, approximately ten years of age, and her slightly younger brother, Nick, who are sent to live in a rundown village in Wales from London during the
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is a quiet, intimate story about the relationships between the characters and how they change over time. There is a vaguely supernatural theme as well, as Hepzibah is reputed to be
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Shot by the BBC, the show was principally filmed on location in
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Severn Valley Railway News, Issue 31, Spring 1974, pp. 1,15.
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Carrie's War (1974 TV serial)
Nina Bawden
Carrie's War
BBC1
Battle of Britain
Tom Grattan's War
wise woman
curse
Blaengarw
Severn Valley Railway
Aubrey Richards
Avril Elgar
Rosalie Crutchley
Matthew Guinness
Sean Arnold
Patsy Smart
IMDB page
Screenonline review and synopsis
DVD for sale on Amazon
Categories
1974 British television series debuts
1974 British television series endings
World War II television drama series
1970s British children's television series
BBC children's television shows
British English-language television shows

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