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Fancy a ‘Full English’?

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Apr 17, 2012

We were delighted to learn last week that the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) have successfully secured a grant of £585,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help catalogue, conserve and digitise materials from six archives nationwide. These include the Alfred Williams collection owned by Swindon Borough Council and held at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. The project, which is also being supported by the National Folk Music Fund, will enable free public access to over 58,000 digital images through a new web portal.

 

Alfred Williams and his wife

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Wiltshire in Song

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Oct 26, 2010

 Wiltshire was largely ignored by the 19th century collectors of folk songs and it was left to a South Marston man, Alfred Williams, the hammerman poet of Swindon Railway Works. He was self educated, fluent in several languages, translated poetry from Asiatic languages and published several books, despite remaining a poor working man all his life. Between 1914 and 1916, owing to poor health he collected 600 songs from people in the Upper Thames Valley before joining the Royal Field Artillery.

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Illustration of Score (truly local carol)

 



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Pop Goes Wiltshire!

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Sep 1, 2010

Tagged in: Yatesbury airfield , Yatesbury , XTC , Wiltshire , Warminster , Video , Trowbridge , Tidworth , Thin Lizzy , The Timelords , The Teardrop Explodes , Take That , Swindon , Supertramp , Subhumans , Sturmy House , Sting , songwriter , solo artist , singer , Salisbury hospital , Salisbury area , Rowden Hill , rock and pop , Robbie Williams , Rick Davies , recording studio , RealWorld , punk , Pop , police cadet , Police , pioneer , Phil Lynott , Peter Gabriel , Pete Doherty , musicians , Moody Blues , Mick and Tich , memorabilia , Melksham , Marlborough , Madonnam , Libertines , lead singer , Lake House , keyboard player , Justin Hayward , Julian Cope , jazz , Jamie Cullum , James Cook , James Blunt , Influential , in Chippenham , Hullavington , hit single , hit band , Genesis , filmed , famous , famous , Eddie Cochran , Dozy , Doctorin’ the Tardis , display , died , Delphic , David John Harman , Dave Dee , Culture Shock , Compton Bassett House , commemorate , Citizen Fish , Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre , Chippenham Museum , car crash , Calne , Box , blog , Beaky , bassist , bands , Babyshambles , Ashcombe House , Amesbury , 50 years

Inspired by a recent display on Eddie Cochran at Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre this blog entry is all about Wiltshire’s links past and present with the world of rock and pop.

 Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran


To commemorate 50 years since the famous rock and roll pioneer died in a car crash on Rowden Hill in Chippenham, earlier this year Chippenham museum put on a display of Eddie Cochran memorabilia. 'Read more' to find out how many other pop stars have been associated with Wiltshire over the years...








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Cricklade Wassailers’ Song

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Jun 18, 2009

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Cricklade

 

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