1954

Peter Kennedy made seven recording trips around England and Wales in 1954. A handwritten notebook with additional information for the trip to Northumberland is in his collection at the British Library. Click anywhere on the maps below to view the report for that trip.

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Kent 14th January – 18th January, 1954 A brief trip to Kent to record Ted, Oliver and Charlie Scamp at Chartham Hatch and Albert Beale at Ashford.			Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales 22nd February – 26th February, 1954 Recordings of the Antrobus Soulcakers in Cheshire, Hindesford school children in Lancashire, and Dr Lewis Mostyn, Albert Lewis and Bob Rodgers in Wales.
Northumberland 26th May – 27th July, 1954 Recordings of many fiddle players and dance bands in Northumberland, including Jack Armstrong, Billy Conroy, Jimmy White, George Taylor, Ned Pearson, Billy Ballantine and Jake Hutton. Some recordings of Togo and Burns Crawford, among others, were also made across the Scottish border in Ayrshire.			Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire 7th September, 1954 A single day trip to record the Abbots Bromley horn dancers in Staffordshire and Mrs Perry in Buckinghamshire.
West Country 5th October – 21st October, 1954 Recordings in Wiltshire, Dorset and Devon of performers including ‘Aunt’ Fanny Rumble, Jack Endacott, Fred Pidgeon, Charlie Wills, William Rew, Vashti Vincent, Portland stone quarry workers and the Sidmouth mummers play.			North Wales 30th October – 12th November, 1954 Among these recordings are the Antrobus Soulcakers play in Cheshire, and John Thomas, Manfrie Wood, Hywel Wood and Nancy Richards in Denbighshire, Wales.
Westmorland 19th November – 2nd December, 1954 Recordings made in Westmorland, Yorkshire and Northumberland of performers including Fred Clarke, Moore Sedgwick, Bob Waite, Peter Beresford, George Taylor and the Dent Pace Egg play.