When The Green Woods Laugh Av H. E. Bates

<p><b>Take a trip to Larkin country in the much-loved series, </b><b>inspiration for the ITV drama <i>THE LARKINS</i> starring Bradley Walsh</b><br><br><i><b>''There!'' </b>Pop said.<b> ''There''s the house. There''s Gore Court for you. What about that, eh? How''s that strike you? Better than St Paul''s, ain''t it, better than St Paul''s?''</b></i><br><br>And so Pop Larkin - junk-dealer, family man and Dragon''s Blood connoisseur - manages to sell the nearby crumbling, tumbling country home to city dwellers Mr and Mrs Jerebohm for a pretty bundle of notes. Now he can build his daughter Mariette the pool she''s long been nagging him for.<br><br>But the Larkin''s new neighbours aren''t quite so accepting of country ways - especially Pop''s little eccentricities.<br><b><br>In fact, it''s not long before a wobbly boat, a misplaced pair of hands and Mrs Jerebohm''s behind have Pop up before a magistrate . . .</b></p>