West Country 1954

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Richard Pearce

Recorded on 13 October 1954


All or part of this recording session has not yet been digitised. The unidigitised tape(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue: C604/14


Dick Pearce. Exeter, Devon, England, 1954

Dick Pearce. Exeter, Devon, England, 1954

Dick Pearce. Exeter, Devon, England, 1954

Dick Pearce. Exeter, Devon, England, 1954

Harry Holland

Recorded on 13 October 1954


All or part of this recording session has not yet been digitised. The unidigitised tape(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue: C604/259


William Rew

Recorded on 13 October 1954


All or part of this recording session has not yet been digitised. The unidigitised tape(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue: C604/955


William Rew. Sidbury, Devon, England

Sidmouth mummer's play

Recorded on 14 October 1954


The original tape(s) for this session do not appear to be in Peter Kennedy's collection, nor are held in any other format at the British Library.


Charlie Wills

Recorded on 19 October 1954


The original tape(s) for this recording session (or parts of it) do not appear to be in Peter Kennedy's collection. However, a dub was made onto 78rpm disk(s) by the BBC at the time. These undigitised disk(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue here: BBC 22438


Charlie Wills. Morcombelake, Bridport, Dorset, England, 1954

Charlie Wills. Morcombelake, Bridport, Dorset, England, 1954

Charlie Wills

Recorded on 19 October 1954


The original tape(s) for this recording session (or parts of it) do not appear to be in Peter Kennedy's collection. However, a dub was made onto 78rpm disk(s) by the BBC at the time. These undigitised disk(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue here: BBC 22438


Charlie Wills. Morcombelake, Bridport, Dorset, England, 1954

Charlie Wills. Morcombelake, Bridport, Dorset, England, 1954

Portland stone quarry

Recorded on 20 October 1954


The original tape(s) for this recording session (or parts of it) do not appear to be in Peter Kennedy's collection. However, a dub was made onto 78rpm disk(s) by the BBC at the time. These undigitised disk(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue here: BBC 22480, BBC 22481, BBC 22482


Walter Hayne

Recorded on 20 October 1954


The original tape(s) for this recording session (or parts of it) do not appear to be in Peter Kennedy's collection. However, a dub was made onto 78rpm disk(s) by the BBC at the time. These undigitised disk(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue here: BBC 22437


Portland stone quarry

Recorded on 21 October 1954


The original tape(s) for this recording session (or parts of it) do not appear to be in Peter Kennedy's collection. However, a dub was made onto 78rpm disk(s) by the BBC at the time. These undigitised disk(s) can be found in the British Library catalogue here: BBC 22480, BBC 22481, BBC 22482


Vashti Vincent

Recorded on 21 October 1954


Listen to this recording at British Library Sounds: C604/0904


Vashti Vincent. Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England, 1955

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