Ned Pearson. Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland, England, 1954
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Ned Pearson posing with a fiddle, pictured outside his home in Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland, England, on the occasion of a BBC recording session. 5 of 16 related photographs from same session.
Brigid Tunney (Gallagher) (mother), singer, and Paddy Tunney (son), singer. Photographed outside their cottage, Beleek, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on the occasion of a BBC recording session. Rear of photograph states "Paddy sings songs learnt from mother - A Man in Love, The Mountain Stream...
Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers. Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England
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Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers, pictured in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England. Photographed by Peter Kennedy. 1 of 5 related photographs taken on the same occasion.
James Fussey. East Halton, Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, England, 1953
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James Fussey, singer and fiddle player, posing at East Halton, Lincolnshire, England, during a BBC recording session. 9 of 12 related photographs from same session.
Annie Meehan. 'The Ring', Tamur, Pettigo, Co. Donegal, Ireland, 1953
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Annie Meehan, singer, photographed indoors in 'The Ring', Tamur, Pettigo, Co. Donegal, Ireland, on the occasion of a BBC recording session. [Née Gallagher, aged 75, Brigid Tunney’s sister, wife of a farmer.] No BBC or Folktrax recording has been traced. 4 of 9 related photographs from same session.
The Garson Trio. Twatt-at-Kirkwall, Orkneys, Scotland, 1955
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Garson Trio performing: John Nicholson, guitar; Jimmy Garson, fiddle; Iris Nicholson (Jimmy's daughter and John's wife), piano-accordion. Photographed at Twatt-at-Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, at a private recording session. Rear of photograph states "Leader: Jimmy Garson (centre)...
The Garson Trio. Twatt-at-Kirkwall, Orkneys, Scotland, 1955
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Garson Trio performing: John Nicholson, guitar; Jimmy Garson, fiddle; Iris Nicholson (Jimmy's daughter and John's wife), piano-accordion. Photographed at Twatt-at-Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, at a private recording session. 3 of 5 related photographs from same session.
Albert Stewart and Stewart Family. Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland, 1955
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Unidentified piano-accordion player with Albert Stewart, fiddle, and probably Stewart Family members. Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland. [Probably private, but possibly a BBC recording session.] Rear of photograph states "Scots tinkers at New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire. Scots tinkers recorded on the g...
Stewart family tent. Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland, 1955
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The Stewart family encampment at Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland. Rear of photograph states "Tinker tent on coast of Sutherland, where Peter Kennedy recorded Ossianic stories and songs from Stewarts before going over to Orkney, summer 1955". 3 of 13 related photographs from same location.