Our neighbor Elvira told us this barn predated our 1880s house. Another friend, a barn hobbyist (yes that’s a thing) insisted it had to be a 20th century build based on how the lumber was milled. Today, desquirrelling, I discovered that Elivra is right
![1993–present: legal entanglement, return and breakup
Strike period
In 1993, Partridge conceived XTC's next project to be an album of bubblegum pop songs disguising itself as a retrospective compilation featuring 12 different groups from the early 1970s. The lyrics were also heavily sexual, with song titles such as "Lolly (Suck It and See)" and "Visit to the Doctor". Partridge recalled playing some demos for Virgin agents, and compared their reaction to the "Springtime for Hitler" scene from the 1967 film The Producers. The label rejected his idea.[32] Virgin denied Partridge's requests to renegotiate or revoke XTC's contract.[14] Paul Kinder believed that the label and the group were "poles apart" and that "the contract was so old it got to the point where Andy wanted the moon and Virgin weren't prepared to give it him."[14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aabauejh3nci23pjum3bq7kw/bafkreigftalf5olgndq2zycqwxleke2qh4fj3dpx7r3fusvcw7tmbk4rpa)
