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| The Perfect Cure |
The history of a tune well-known in Norfolk |
| The Well Travelled Dulcimer | How a Norfolk dulcimer crossed the Atlantic during WW1 |
| The Other Mrs Benefer | The life and times of a woman who sang to folk song collector and composer Vaughan Williams, in King’s Lynn in 1905 |
| The Fishermen that Got Away | Singers in Kings Lynn in 1905 who were missed by Vaughan Williams |
| The Self-sufficient Singers of the Tilden Smith | Singers met by John Seymour in the Tilden Smith pub in King’s Lynn in 1955, and a BBC radio programme |
| The Herring Singers | Singers recorded by Mike Herring in King’s Lynn in the 1960s |
| Henry Flanders’ Song Book | A late 19th century song book from King’s Lynn, and a reflection on singing repertoires |
| Up From the Sea | How artists and photographers shed some light on the singers and fishermen of Southwold |
| The Real Ben Hurr | The Hurr brothers of Southwold, singers & fishermen |
| The Battle of Sole Bay: an Unsung Song | An old song, now more-or-less forgotten, from Southwold |
| MacKenzie’s Lambs and the Shoulder of Mutton | Singers from the 1870s to the 1970s in the pubs of Southwold |
| A Life through Five Sovereigns | Stories from the life of William Hurr senior, Southwold |
| Tales from the Harbour Inn | Singers from the Harbour Inn, Southwold |
| Will the Real Paddy O’Rafferty Please Stand Up! | A tangled tale of tunes, songs, actors and a barrel-organ |
| A Barrel Organ in the Arctic | How a barrel organ with many “traditional” dance tunes was taken on William Parry’s expeditions, 1819-1825 |
| Esther Gayton part 1: ‘The Ballerina and the Baronet’ | A tune from Parry’s Barrel Organ inspired this investigation into the real life of Miss Esther Gayton |
| Esther Gayton part 2: ‘Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe’ | Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe: how the tune, social dance and step routine have survived through two centuries |
| Thirsty Work part 1: traditional singing on the radio 1940-41 | A chance find in the Radio Times archives leads to a remarkable insight into pub singing during wartime |
| Thirsty Work part 2: the North | Three programmes from the ‘Thirsty Work’ series: singing from Ambleside, Redmire and Harome |
| Thirsty Work part 3: East Anglia & East Midlands | Two programmes from the ‘Thirsty Work’ series: singing from the Eel’s Foot Inn, Suffolk and Wakerley, Northamptonshire |
| Thirsty Work part 4: the Cotswolds | Two programmes with an unexpected link with ‘The Archers’: singing from North Littleton and Ebrington |
| The history of a tune well-known in Norfolk | |
| Latest news on recordings from these 1940s radio programmes of traditional singing | |
| The Procession of the Clockdressers and Cheesecake Gatherers | Traditional culture in the village of Redmire, in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire |
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