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Total number of records: 27

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culture27
folk dancing27
musical instruments27
play27
folk music26
english language - dialects20
community life14
manners and customs11
occupations11
persons11

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Dunn, Ginette7
Hayes, Raymond (1909-2000)4
Sullivan, Keith Frederick4
Baldwin, John R3
Harrop, Peter K3
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)3
Webb, Percy3
Buckland, Theresa Jill2
Taylor, Barry Roy2
Ashton, John1

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

May 1978

Bampton Morris Dancers dancing outside in Bampton; fiddle and accordion accompaniment. Possibly a continuation of the recording on tape LAVC/SRE/A497r.

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

29 May 1978

Bampton Morris Dancers dancing in Bampton [followed by collector announcement - team leader, location and date]; accordion accompaniment, crowd noise, morris bells [collector announces team leader for...

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French Folk Dance Group

Jeffares, Mrs

1975

Group of French folk dancers from Meynes (Provence), performers of La Farandole, a traditional dance of Provence and Languedoc. The dance group are made up of children of various ages, dressed in whit...

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Sound Recordings, Berkshire and Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1966

Dave Blagrove, recorded at Bulmershe Teacher Training Collegein Reading, plays the guitar and sings 'Winson Green Jail' and 'Where Be Thucky Blackbird?' [preceded by accordion music]; Johnny Grace sin...

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Traditional Fiddle Playing in West Clare: Junior Crehan and Michael Downes

Taylor, Barry Roy

1977

A study of the work of the Irish fiddle players, Junior Crehan and Michael Downes. The first of its nine sections presents a brief historical survey of Irish dance and its music; section two provides ...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

May 1978

[Collector announcement]; Bampton Morris Dancers' get together [?recorded in a Bampton pub]; female sings [unidentified]; male relates an anecdote regarding the meeting of the Bampton Morris Dancers; ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Ashton, John

[1974/1975]

Harry Slack, recorded in his home in Leeds. Talks about his family; village ceilidhes in Ireland; melodeons; music at the Regent pub in Leeds; sings [unidentified]; discusses the learning of songs; si...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Morson, I F

1966-1969

Jim Willding, recorded in the Baker's Arms pub, Oxford, on the 5 December 1967; sings [unidentified, with accordion], 'Cock of the North'; conversation; 'Banks of the Sweet Primroses', 'Daisybell', 'I...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Buckland, Theresa Jill

08/Sep/1975 - 08/Sep/1975

Douglas Fowell, accompanist to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, recorded in Abbots Bromley; plays tunes on the piano accordion: 'Cock of the North', 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' , 'River of Jordan', 'Off...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Woods, Peter J E

1970

Frank Weatherill (cello), Mr. Jones (violin) and Mary ? (piano), recorded in Danby [date not known]; play a number of instrumental tunes, many unidentified and some repeated following adjustments to t...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1975

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape on the 5 July 1975 , sings 'Cod Banging', and talks about verses added, singing style and Percy Webb; sings and comments on 'Paradise Street'; learning to play the ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Music/song session at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall, recorded on 6 September 1974. Fred List plays a number of popular tunes on the accordion (with some singing by the assembled company), including 'Wild Col...

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