Re: A Long Time Ago In A Electronics Factory
"It bugged him as he left the pub & for a while afterwards, that his name had been abused in that way by the whole village for years afterwards."
BBC Radio4 had a Book of the Week that was a fictional account of someone returning to their small outback town. He found that he was still regarded by many as a the perpetrator of a young woman's murder that happened just before he left. The principle accusers were the girl's family. The man was now a big city detective - and eventually he proved that the murder was committed and covered up by the girl's family.