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Francis Shergold talks about playing with Jingy Wells, 1987
In this sound recording Francis Shergold talks about going round to Jingy Wells' house and playing melodian with him. 'Coming Thru' The Rye' is played at the end. Total length 1 min 30 secs.
Bampton Community Archive
Bampton Traditional Morris Men dance Maid of The Mill, 1987
This recording of Bampton Traditional Morris Men dancing Maid of The Mill was made in 1987. It is preceded by Francis Shergold explaining that in his early days of dancing with Jingy Wells and the team, there was no pre-arranged rota for visitin...
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Tom Worley talks about his collection of over 4,000 photographs of Witney. 4 mins 3 secs
Tom Worley is a Witney man and in this recording he is being interview by Radio Oxford about his collection of over 3,000 photographs of Witney and surrounding villages. He goes on to talk about Rock Farm which was originally owned by the Duke of...
Bampton Community Archive
Francis Shergold tells whose dancing style he copied
Francis Shergold tells whose dancing style he liked very much and copied when he was learning to dance. Then we hear the Bampton Traditional Morris men dancing to Foggy Dew, one day in 1987. The recording lasts 3 mins.
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Sound file of Constant Billy being played in 1987
This is a sound file of Constant Billy being played on the melodeon in 1987 for the Bampton Traditional Morris Men, early on Bank Holiday Monday while the dancers were in New Road.
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Francis Shergold talks about the way Jingy Wells dressed & sound of Bonny Green Garters in 1987
In this sound recording of 1 minute and 40 seconds Francis Shergold talks about the way William Nathan "Jingy" Wells used to dress. You then hear Bonny Green Garters being played in 1987, many years after Jingy had died. Have a look at...
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'The Italian Job' - a dance tune for Bampton Traditional Morris first used in 1982
This Morris dance, performed by the Bampton Traditional Morris men, became known as 'The Italian Job'. "It is a bog standard double side step." Rod Stradling introduced the tune in 1982 - it came from his friends in Ponte Caf...
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Roy Shergold tells about his working life after demob in 1947 to retirement aged 82
Roy Shergold, born c1926, was in the Home Guard in the early days of WWII because he was not old enough to enlist. Once he was 17 in 1943 he joined the Merchant Navy. He got his demob in 1947 and up to his 82nd birthday he had been unemployed fo...
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Roy Shergold recalls his memories of being in Bampton's Home Guard
When war broke out Roy Shergold of Bampton in Oxfordshire was too young to sign up but he was accepted into Bampton's Home Guard. He was in the Home Guard until he was old enough to sign up for the Merchant Navy in 1943. This is Roy's m...
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