"Ann Hann lived in the other barrack house, with her lived her son Charl who was a shoemaker and a good shoemaker he was too. Every village had its shoemaker who used to make most of the boots for the farm men and good strong boots they were but some of them were very heavy. A lot of the old village crafts have died out....., Charl Hann used to suffer from Neuragia after his mother died he married and went to Beaminster to live and carried on his business there. But he used to walk over to Stok nearly every night after work, he used to like the company of the Stok fellows it wouldn't do to say anything against Stok when Charl was about. Charl was a great walker and very fast. Sometimes when he had been to Bridport he would walked back all the way to Beaminster. One night he came in the New Inn, And he said wast think went day Bridport last week went I got back by Melplash the policeman over took me got talking so I found he stuck to me perdy well so I did slow down so did ee. I thought to meself let en go on be hiself but he didn't he said we might as well go on together an we had a nice friendly chat all the way. When we got to Beaminster he said good night Charl and I said yes I don't want nar little bit of blue paper on the end of this. Oh he said thas allright Charl. And I'm blowed day en to ago I had some and I do mend his boots var en too. Charl used to have a brother Job who was a policeman in London and a tall big fellow he was too".