The local accent in Shropshire and eastern Powys of the time was not recognisably "Welsh" or "West Midlands" in the way that might be expected today.
The ending credit "For Joe" pays tribute to the sudden death of British Producer Joseph Lang who had worked on all three of Thomas Clay's prior features (and written two).
Prologue: "After the English Civil War and the execution of Charles I, England is a republic under the rule of Oliver Cromwell. Freed from the King's tyranny only to suffer Cromwell's puritanical law, some turn to radical new ideas and new religion ideas and new religion. It was during this brief and violent period that our modern notions of personal, political and sexual freedom were forged."
Ending dedication before end credits: "For Joe."