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“Roll up, roll up, come and see the fat girl, / Half a ton of loveliness and every bit her own ” |
The gassy mine exploded with death. A young couple in love were torn apart. Widows were turned out of their homes by the owners |
“And through cruel hardships he mainly strove, / His ship on mountains of ice was drove” |
“And through cruel hardships he mainly strove, / His ship on mountains of ice was drove” |
Rawtenstall Annual Fair 
Blantyre Explosion
Death of Lord Nelson
Franklincomplete list of songs >>
Customs:
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Bonfires in the 1950s ... active participation by the kids |
This wassailing song comes from the Gower peninsula in Wales |
Robert Willance lived and leapt in the 1700s in North Yorkshire ... and inspired a song by John Wilson |
Cockfighting in Leeds
complete list of customs >>
Tunes & Instruments
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Maggie Moor teaches the melodeon |
Selected by Steve Harrison |
Selected by Ray Black |
Information and recordings provided by Michael Wright |
Maggie Moor teaches the melodeon
Hardy Manuscript Tunes
Harrogate Tunes 
The Jews Harp
complete list of tunes >> instruments >>
Willance’s Leap
Robert Willance
John Wilson has a passion for the story of Robert Willance
He lived and leapt in the 1700s in North Yorkshire ...
and inspired a song by John ...
Willance’s Leap (North Yorkshire)
Graves of fishermen found
Three Score & Ten
Geoff Lawes contacted me with news of his graveyard browsing!
and provides images for evidence.
See for yourself ...
Stories short & tall
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by Heather Sharpe This story Heather collected from a boy from a traveller family |
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by Geoff Wood This story Geoff relishes in the telling |
The Hare Story:
Scolding wife: