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Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
November 1973
[Collector announcement]; Evelyn Johnston talks about the Black Watch Jazz Band of Bedlington (Northumberland) during the period 1927-1928; boy and girl members; uniform; instruments; batons; mascot; ...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
1973-1974
John Pearson and Belle Pearson, recorded 5 December 1973, talk about North East jazz bands: carnivals going through towns, including Ashington and Morpeth; age range of bands; band colours, mascots; t...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
[1973]
Two teenage girls (Drum Major and Band Major, possibly members of the Dudley and Fordley Legionnaires) and their ?father explain their roles in a jazz band; promotion, subscriptions; attraction of mem...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry
December 1971
Martin Flannery, interviewed in his own home in Sheffield by Terry Gifford. Describes his personal involvement in the local carolling tradition, and singing as a youngster in the Stannington area of S...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
1974
[Collector announcement]; Mark Hornsey describes carnival (e.g. Blaydon) at which jazz bands would perform (in the 1930s); performing on a rostrum; band practices in a pub; modern bands compared with ...
Sound Recording, Berkshire
Dunn, Ginette
22 June 1974
Fred Jordan, recorded at the Berkshire Folk Festival in Reading; sings 'The Dark Eyed Sailor', 'The Noble Foxhunting' ( 'Dido and Bendigo'), 'The Outlandish Knight', 'The Dark Eyed Stranger', 'Haul Aw...
Sound Recordings, West Sussex and Leicestershire
Dunn, Ginette
1973-1974
A recording made in George Belton's home in Birdham on the 4 May 1974, of a recording of him singing at Loughborough Folk Festival in 1973. His occasional comments, and the sound of his budgie, are au...
Sound Recordings, Norfolk and Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
June 1975
Singing at the Norwich Folk Festival, 21 June 1975. Bob Hart sings 'Rose of Tralee'; Percy Webb sings 'She's Proud and She's Beautiful'; Bob Hart sings 'Australia'; Percy Webb sings 'Nutting Girl'; Bo...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
3 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Yarmouth Town' [daughter Rachel Wilkinson joins in the chorus]; talks about learning songs; sings part of 'Shoals of Herri...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
17 Jul 1938
[Side 1] Discussion of recent horticultural show, express disappointment at judging of vegetable competition, comment that entries should be restricted to produce of own garden; discussion of forthcom...
The Legend of Lady Godiva
Rudall, Alison E
1981
An examination of the legend of Lady Godiva, comprising four sections. The first, presenting a history of the legend, includes transcripts and a discussion of seven accounts of the legend, a discussio...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
30 November 1976
[Collector announcement]; Eddy Arker, recorded driving in his car to a rehearsal of the Dalesmen Male Voice Choir in Danby. EA relates the history of the choir - formation five years ago; and talks ab...