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Total number of records: 11

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culture11
folk music11
musical instruments11
play11
communities4
community life4
english language - dialects4
clothing and dress3
folk dancing3
persons3

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Taylor, Barry Roy3
Crehan, Junior (1908-1998)2
Armstrong, Jack1
Bastow, John1
Bergal, Nancy Ann1
Carroll, Jim (1941-1941)1
Charlton, Forster1
Clough, Tom1
Curtin, John1
Doonan, John1

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

22 December 1974

Open-air carol service, with brass band accompaniment, recorded in Skelmanthorpe.

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Brass Band
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Brass Band

[1970s]

Brass band, in uniform, performing in the open air at an unknown event, at an unidentified location in the Yorkshire Dales. People attending the event visible in the background.

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Brass Band
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Brass Band

[1970s]

Brass band performing in uniform in the open air at an unidentified location in North Yorkshire(?). Dry stone wall in foreground; upland landscape in background.

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Brass Band
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Brass Band

[1970s]

Brass band, in uniform, performing in the open air at an unknown event, at an unidentified location in the Yorkshire Dales. People attending the event and Dales landscape visible in the background.

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Harrison, Stephen

[1954-1976]

Compilation of field recordings made in the North East of England, comprising examples of Northumbrian small-pipes playing, some with fiddle and whistle accompaniment. The tunes have not been identifi...

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Sound Recordings, Ireland

Taylor, Barry Roy

1973-1976

Michael Downes, [recorded at home in County Clare], plays various fiddle tunes, and talks about where he learned them, the story behind one particular tune, other fiddle players, fiddle competitions a...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

18 January 1980

Recording made in the Grove Folk Club, Leeds, and featuring John Bastow [JB], John Curtin [JC] and Dave Robinson [DR]. JB sings 'The Holy Ground'; DR sings unidentified song; JB sings 'Rose of Mooncoi...

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Sound Recording, Ireland

Taylor, Barry Roy

8 July 1976

Junior Crehan, recorded in Mullagh (County Clare), plays a number of fiddle tunes, and in between talks about from whom he learned some of them (slow airs, dance music); also talks about a pipe player...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 September 1976

[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about living in the village; his time away and life during World War Two (air raids); his MBE for services to archaeo...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

20 May 1973

Darach Ó Catháin, recorded in Leeds; talks about his date of birth, the date of the Irish music festival (October 1971) referred to in a previous interview; his acting and play performed in County M...

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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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