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Total number of records: 69

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culture69
english language - dialects69
folk music69
community life43
occupations35
agriculture26
folk dancing19
persons19
food17
play17

Top 10: People and organisations

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Dunn, Ginette69
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)22
Webb, Percy15
Ling, Percy (1906-1982)14
Poacher, Cyril (1910-1999)8
Belton, George (1898-1980)5
Ling, Ruby5
Holy Jim4
Jimmy4
Jordan, Fred (1922-2002)4

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Popular Singing Traditions in and Around Snape and Blaxhall

Dunn, Ginette

1977

Ph.D. thesis in three parts, subdivided into nine chapters covering folksong scholarship and the development of a critical methodology, the histories of the villages of Blaxhall and Snape, men's singi...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

13 July 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'All Getting Older Together', followed by comments; sings 'Just an Old Fashioned Lady'; listening to records, love of singing, listening to singers, dislike ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

13 July 1974

Conclusion of singing session in the Crown pub, Snape [starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A336r]; Bob Hart sings 'Old Farmer's Servant' [small break in recording due to missing oxide layer on tape]; sings 'My Gr...

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Sound Recording, Manchester

Dunn, Ginette

26 April 1974

Fred Jordan, singing at the Bay Horse pub in Manchester. Sings 'The Bonny Bunch of Roses', 'The False Bride', 'The Galway Shawl', 'We Shepherds are the Best of Men', 'The Outlandish Knight', 'Jones's ...

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Sound Recordings, Shropshire and Redcar

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Fred Jordan, recorded in Aston Munslow on 27 April 1974. Sings 'Banks of the Sweet Primroses'and 'The Spinning Wheel'; discusses other songs and the singer Bob Roberts. [Tr. 2]. Conclusion of session ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

19 July 1974

Cyril Poacher, Bob Hart, Percy Webb, Percy Ling and Frank Woolnough singing in the Ship Inn, Blaxhall. CP sings 'Nutting Girl'; BH sings 'Comrades'; PW sings 'Old Farmer's Servant'; PL sings 'The Boy ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham on the 11 September 1974; talks about being recorded by Topic Records; family singing; learning songs from the 'News of the World'; father singing; si...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

16 November 1974

Singing at the George and Dragon pub in Farnham [conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A395r]. General conversation about singing and (favourite) songs; [ James Knights] sings 'I Love My...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

31 August 1975

Singing at the Butley Oyster pub. Percy Webb sings 'Green is the Laurel'; Percy Ling sings 'The Boy with No Shoes'; Percy Webb sings 'Ball of Yarn'; Percy Ling sings 'The Lobster'; Percy Webb sings 'H...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

5 September 1975

Session recorded at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall. Oscar Woods plays the melodeon; Cyril Poacher sings 'The Great Big Wheel'; Bob Hart sings 'One of the Best'; Oscar Woods plays the melodeon; Cyril Poacher s...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Bishop, Julia C; Dunn, Ginette

1972-1975

Compilation tape comprising multiple examples of Bob Hart singing, at home in Snape and in other Suffolk pub and folk club venues, 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', 'The Female Cabin Boy', '...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

6 September 1974

Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'Just a Rose in a Garden of Weeds', 'Am I Wasting My Time?' [1st verse only], 'It Happened in Monterrey', 'Cabin with Roses Round the Door', 'Eat More Fruit...

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