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Uffington Mummers' Play
1972
This file contains items relating to the Mummers' play performed at Uffington (Oxfordshire). This includes a photocopy of typed text of the songs performed, and a transcription of the words of the 'Uf...
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...
Dance Poster
[1970s]
Poster advertising an Old Time Dance at the Public Hall in Muker ( Swaledale), featuring the Dalesman Accordion Band. The poster is attached to a wooden door.
Dance Poster
[1970s]
Poster advertising an Old Time Dance at the Public Hall in Muker ( Swaledale), featuring the Dalesman Accordion Band. The poster is attached to a wooden door.
"Gypsy Caravan"
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Painted Gypsy Traveller caravan parked on the roadside at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1665 and LAVC/PHO/P1667.
"Gypsy Caravan"
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Painted Gypsy Traveller caravan parked on the roadside at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1665 and LAVC/PHO/P1666.
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...