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| Tape | NPS-JFC-F-016-03 | Length m | Date rec’d | Quality | |||
| Title | Alnwick gathering 1960; Ron Duke & Friends sing; Norma Cooke interviewed (BBC); Classical Guitar. | Contents | Some off air | ||||
| Notes | Several of the songs may well be modern and have composers. + Broadcast copyright issues. | ||||||
| Help | Identification of singer and others. Is it Ron Duke? Is it the same Ron Duke that appeared as Dukes and Lee with Ricki Lee? Identification of BBC programme. | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-38:11 | Male Singer (Ron Duke?) occasionally joined by others. | 3 unid songs; Bruton Town (aka Bramble Briar); Mingulay Boat Song; Patriot Game; The Spinning Wheel; Water of Tyne; Pretty Saro; Sweet Nightingael; Rambleaway; Come Kiss Me Love | Male singer accompanying himself on guitar | Start is a live recording of what sounds like a group of people, with occasional chatter and several false starts at the beginning of songs. No confirmation on tape that it’s Ron Duke and friends but could easily be. | MD |
| 38:11-41:40 | Norman Brookes interviewing Norma Cook (both named) | a BBC magazine programme, either radio or TV, apparently covering the northern counties of England. Use of “Cumberland and Westmorland” indicates it’s before the 1974 local government reorganisation. | MD | ||
| 41:40-42:50 | Norma Cook | Lads of Alnwick | Northumbrian Smallpipes | Norma Cook was interviewed in Whitley Bay age 28. She had moved from Lincolnshire because of NSPs and had apparently travelled up regularly to take advice from Jack Armstrong. | MD GM |
| 42:50-End | Interviews with John Walton, clock enthusiast, and Colin Wood, Rural Industries Organiser for Cumberland and Westmorland – both named. | Ends in progress | MD | ||
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