Traditional music in England
Louie Fuller interview, part 01
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:58
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
1CDR0014074 (copy of C1034/271)
Recording date
ca. 1995
Is part of (Collection)
John Howson Collection
Recording locations
Orchard Court, Lingfield, Surrey, England, UK
Interviewees
Fuller, Louie, 1915- (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Howson, John (speaker, male)
Recordist
Howson, John
Abstract
Louie Fuller talks to John Howson about her family; songs that were passed down through her father's family; her mother who was Irish; her childhood in Woolwich, London; hop-picking in Kent; her father who tap-danced; singing in pubs around Copthorne; the songs she used to sing; no longer being allowed to sing Irish rebel songs; her London cousin who she is trying to trace; singing in Orchard Court (residential care home) in Lingfield; being invited to sing in folk club in London; singing on her own at home; singing with her husband's family in the hop gardens (where she met her husband); folk song collector Mike Yates' visit to record her for Topic Records; her appearance on TV.
Metadata record:
Louie Fuller interview, part 01
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