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Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

31 October 1979

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh; [collector announcement]. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Maypole pub...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan; Murray, John

1974

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Wheatsheaf pub, Antrobus, on 2 November 1974. [Tr. 2] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh, on...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

31 October 1978

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Incomplete recording - starts with fragment of the Doctor's speech, and continues with Dairy Doubt. [Tr. 1...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

31 October 1977

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play, outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Very low recording level. Traffic noise obscures the speakers' voices on occasion. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Sou...

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Devils, Saints and Heroes: A Collection of Stories, Customs and Beliefs from Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes

Clark, Elizabeth S M

1969

A collection of some of the customs, beliefs and narratives from four Scottish islands, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae , Arran and Bute, gathered from printed sources and interviews with selected inhab...

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Sound Recordings, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1969

George Dawes [Dusty Dawes], recorded at home in Meysey Hampton; discusses the chorus to the songs 'Treat My Daughter Kindly' and 'Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups Do Grow'; talks about [?step/?...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Harry Johnson, recorded at home in Standlake; sings 'I Stand on a Lonely Seashore', 'Meet Me by the Moonlight', 'Polly Perkins of Paddington Green' [fragment], 'The Two Beats the One', sung by informa...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

1971-1973

Ken White in conversation in his home in Sheffield , 24 October 1971. Talk of family and childhood, and four songs. [Tr. 1] Albert Broadhead and Bernard Broadhead recorded in one of their homes, in ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham; talks about singing as a boy, winning first prize in a singing competition; song papers, murder songs, song papers and penny song books; learning tun...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

October 1981

Dorothy Ibbotson, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; sings 'The Warrior's Little Boy' (learned from her grandmother), and talks about her attempts to trace the song's origins; gives biog...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick; Green, Anthony E (1943-)

29 November 1975

William Hart, recorded at home in Wiltonby Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. WH sings 'Guisborough Fair' and 'I'd Never Tell a Lie This Day', lea...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Adrian Peters, recorded at home in Marston, talks about his 7-8 year involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers - link with wife's family and parts played [ David Goulburn contributes occasionally]; ag...

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