Listen "Feuding Timber Brothers"
Episode Synopsis
Two feuding brothers. Two failing lumber yards. One fatal evening driven by pride.Set in the 1970s Cotswolds, this story follows Charlie and Gordon Nash, sons of a domineering father who pushed them into a family business neither of them was suited to run. Raised on favouritism, resentment, and a misplaced sense of duty, the brothers split their inheritance into rival timber yards just six miles apart. Confusing names, sloppy practices, and a very public feud slowly turned the village against them.When a botched school contract humiliates them both, the rivalry spirals into reckless territory. Blinded by anger, each brother drives to confront the other, unknowingly crossing paths on a country lane. They never meet. Instead, they arrive at empty yards, where years of negligence, pride, and bad decisions catch up with them in a pair of tragic accidents.The result is total collapse. Both businesses shut down. Both families are left unsupported. And a village is left with a cautionary tale about how resentment, jealousy, and the need to please a long-dead parent can destroy not just lives, but generations.A true crime–style rural tragedy about pride, family, and the cost of never letting go.
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