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LAKE DISTRICT -- FTX-108 Cumbrian Pace-egging rec by Damian Webb, Workington and Far & Near Sawrey, nr Ambleside 1960 - FTX-120 Hunting songs etc - Children's Play rec by Damian Webb - FTX-194-197- 410 Speech, songs, stories & dances

LANCASHIRE - see also BLACKPOOL - MANCHESTER -LANCASHIRE - see also BLACKPOOL - MANCHESTER - ALE IS PHYSIC - ALONG THE ROSSENDALE - BACUP COCNUT DANCERS - BARD'S REFORMATION - BILLY SUET'S SONG - BLOWING SANDS - BOLTON'S YARD - BONNY GREY - BURY NEW LOOM - CANUTE - CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY - COB-COALING - COCK- PECKED WIFE - COCKERHAM DEVIL - CLOGS 0 COTTON MILLS - COTTON LORDS OF PRESTON - DASHING STEAM LOOM WEAVER - DIRTY OLD TOWN (McColl) - EASY JOHN - GALLANT LADS OF LANCASHIRE - GETTIN WED - GIRLS OF LANCASHIRE - GORTON TOWN - HAND LOOM WEAVER'S - HEYSHAM PACE-EGGING SONG - I'LL HAVE A COLLIER - IN OUR TOWN - JONE (JOHN) O GREENFIELD'S RAMBLE - LITTLE PIECER - MAN LIKE THEE - MANCHESTER ANGEL - MANCHESTER CANAL - MARTIANS LANDED IN WIGAN - MERRY LITTLE DOFFER - MINER'S LOCK-OUT - MORRIS DANCE IS A VERY PRETTY TUNE - MY LOVE, MY LOVE - OLDHAM EDGE - OLDHAM PENSIONER - OLDHAM WORKSHOPS - OLDHAM'S BURNING SANDS - OUR MARKET NEAT - OUR SARAH'S GETTIN A CHAP - OWL OF OLDHAM - PETERLOO - POOR COTTON WEAVER - POUNDS SHILLINGS AND PENCE - PRESTON GUILD - RAWTENSTALL FAIR - ROCHDALE NUTTERS - ROSE OF BRITAIN'S ISLE - RUSH CART - SAM SHUTTLE AND BETTY REEDHOOK - SAMBO'S SONG - SAMMY SHUTTLEWORTH - SCENES OF MANCHESTER - SCHOOLYARD SONG - SHURAT WEAVER'S SONG - SOUR PIES - SOUTHPORT STRIKE - STREET SCENE - SUCCESS TO THE WEAVERS - SWINTON MAY CAROL - TEN PER CENT - TODDLIN HOME - TOMMY STROO'S GHOST (Recit) - TRIP FROM OLDHAM - VISIT TO THE QUEEN - WAITING FOR ME PAY DAY - WE ARE THE BOYS (K) - WELCOME, LITTLE BONNY BIRD - WHAT SHOCKING HARD TIMES - WITH HENRY HUNT WE'LL GO -- Becket WHITEHEAD rec by Seamus Ennis, Delph 1952: RPL 18136/ : FTX-021 - Stan HUGILL Liverpool (Shanties): FTX-035 - Children's games rec by Damian Webb: FTX-195/ 196/ 197 - THE SPINNERS Liverpool Folk Group: FTX-291 -Dialect: Various Dialect speakers from Lancashire (including one talking about his friend's visit to London for the Cup Final at Wembley; his friend buys a parrot in the Edgware Road which turns out to be a duck): FTX-451 - "Sing Christmas" 1957 radio prog: FTX-950 - Abram Circle Dance: RPL 11924 rec 1948 Frag dance commentary & interview with performers (not in Lib)/ WESTMINSTER Eisteddfod album - 7"RTR-0096 & 4"RTR- 0877 17/2/64 interview by Ken Lingard with Mrs Waters of Britannia, near Bacup descr of costume and dances etc - rec of Coconut Dance with "Shooting Star" polka on Radio 27/7/93 prog by Georgina Boyes CASS (Cf- French: COLUMBIA SL- 207 Ariege 1950 "Chestnut Dance" on oboe - DISKAN DK-015 [nd] (Provence) "Miougrano de Frejus")/ Abram Circle Dance rec Sussex RPL LP 23926/ TOPIC TSCD-666 1998 - Cob-coaling & Pace-egging RPL LP 26349 - Emma VICKERS rec by Fred Hamer "The Cruise of the Calabar" 2 Pace-egg songs EFDSS LP-1006 1971/ VWML-003 9198-90 cassette ALBION BAND: ISLAND HELP-25 1976 "Lancashire Hornpipe" - Lea NICHOLSON LEADER LER-3010: 1971 Along the Rossendale - Keith ROBERTS: LEADER 3031 1972 comp songs - THE TAVERNERS: LEADER 2080 1973 - "The Bolton Bullfrog" Bernard WRIGLEY: LOOFY-006 & 007 CASS-1208 & 1213 & TRANSATLANTIC TRA-327- KESTY: MODELLO 1979 "The Cotton Lads of Preston" - Ewan McCOLL (TOPIC 12-T-147) The Manchester Angel - OLDHAM TINKERS & Harry BOARDMAN: TOPIC 12-T-188 1968 & 12-TS-236 1973 - THE VALLEY FOLK: TOPIC 12-T-192 1968 Carols & TOPIC 12-T-204 1970 "Owdham Edge" - OLDHAM TINKERS: TOPIC 12-TS-206, 237 & 276 - Transpennine (Lancs & Yorks): TOPIC 12-TS-215 1971 - Harry & Mary KERSHAW: TOPIC 12-TS-302 1976: Songs & Poems in dialect - Shirley COLLINS: TOPIC 12-TS-380 1978 "Lancashire Lass"(Sharp coll Somerset) - Dave & Toni ARTHUR: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-154 "The Blackburn Poachers" - ROYTON MORRIS rec Albert Hall 1948: Radio 2 1/4/87: CASS-90-0567

LAOIS -County in S Ireland - RYAN'S HORNPIPE -- COLUMBIA SL-204 BALLINAKILL Ceili Band

LEEDS -- Pete NALDER: FOLKSOUND 1975 "The Lady of Leeds" - Rowland KELLETT Songs, carols, children, comp ballads etc with talk: FTX-209 - Dave HILLARY accomp whi & banjo: "Forty Miles" (coll by Kidson) TOPIC 12-TS-215 1971

LEICESTERSHIRE -- STAVERTON BRIDGE (Group), Devon FTX-144/ SAYDISC SDL-266 1975 "Farmer in Leicestershire" - MUCKRAM WAKES: LEADER LER-2093 1976"Stockinger" (Luddite movement) -- Film by Doc Rowe of annual "Bottle Kicking" at Hallaton: FTV#35

LEITRIM - County in S Ireland - Thomas MORAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Mohill Dec 1954 RPL 21900/ 22013-8 & 22023-5 & 22033-8/ FTX-015/ 027/ 076 & 501/ 503/ 512/ 518 - Jack KELLY rec Mohill: RPL 22025 - James & Brigid MURPHY rec by Seamus Ennis, Mohill 13/12/54 RPL 22423 (incl 2 ballads) - John McKENNA (flute) with Michael GAFFNEY (banjo) 1921 on 78 rpm disk intro by Nicholas Carolan on RTE radio prog 1985 CASS#0865 - JOHN McKENNA TRAD SOC 1982 CASS-0893 (from Harry Bradshaw RTE 1991)

LEWIS, Isle of - Macaulay Collection rec 1957: RPL LP 24441-50 - RPL LP 24972 - A L Lloyd "The Celtic World - Sound of the Voice" Radio 8/210/68: CASS-0614

LIMERICK - County in S Ireland -- Paddy TAYLOR (flute) of Limerick rec by PK, London FTX-171 - Dominic BEHAN: COLLECTOR JEI-3 1958 (45) "The Limerick Rake" - Paddy TAYLOR (flute CLADDAGH CC-8) - Mary O HARA DECCA MLD-22 "Jackets Green" (Sarsfield) - Tommy DEMPSEY LEADER LEA-2096 "The L Rake" - Noel MURPHY SAYDISC VTS-25 "The L Rake" - Felix DORAN (U-pipes) TOPIC 12-T-288 Air "Mary of Murroe" - Eddie HICKEY: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-159 "L is Beautiful" --- Michael PUNZAK (fid) rec Bristol 1982: FTX-910 "Lament for Limerick"

LINCOLNSHIRE -- - Fred ROOKE:FTX-044 "Fenman song" - Barrow Plough Jags Play & Sword Dance, Helpringham & other villages: FTX-105 - Joseph TAYLOR & family rec by Percy Grainger/ John TAYLOR rec Saxby-all-Saints, Brigg 1944: RPL 6643/ Mary TAYLOR introducing her father, Joseph, Percy Grainger, Frederick Delius etc rec by PK Saxby-all-Saints 27th March 1953: FTX-135 - Wisbech (Cambs) children's choir: FTX-136 "Brigg Fair" - Cambridge & Fens: FTX-423 - Dialect: FTX-452 - James FUSSEY (fid) rec by PK, East Halton, Barrow-on-Humber 27/3/53: RPL 21491 - "Hood" Custom rec by PK Wagstaffs, Haxey, 5/1/53: 5"RTR-0951/ rec 1955: RPL LP 23622 "Drink Old England dry" ("Cannons") - "Plough Jags" (Mummers) rec by PK: 22/3/53: RPL 19028-33 -- Haxey FOLKWAYS FW-8871: "John Barleycorn" - Grainger recs: LEADER LEA-4050 1972 - Long Harvest: "Lord Lovel" (Brigg) ARGO ZDA-70 - B & C PEG-7 & DECCA SML 1117 "Maria Marten" & "The White Hare"(Brigg) - Martin CARTHY: PHILIPS 6382022 1967 "Brigg Fair" - Fred JORDAN: TOPIC 12-T-150 1966 "Polly's Father" - Grimsby BROADSIDE Group: TOPIC 12-TS-228 1973 "The moon shone bright" - WATERSONS (Family Group): TOPIC 12-TS-415 1981 "The Lincolnshire Shepherd" - Ripley WAYFARERS: TRADITION TSR-006 1971 "Humber Bridge" - John Amies on Percy GRAINGER: RPL Radio 3 9/1/90 CASS 60-0826 incl "Lincolnsh Posy"

LIVERPOOL-- Skiffle version "Maggie May" 1957: RPL LP 23570 - Jimmy JONES talk about life, gaol story & song "My name is Mr Bootle"/ "Maggie May" sung by Mrs Maggie SWIFT (Stan Kelly's aunt ?) rec Sasha Moorsom 19/12/57: RPL LP 25617 - Liverpool children rec 18/7/58: RPL 25827/ FTX-199/ 289- "Liverpool" Skipping Game, Titchmarsh School rec by PK, Northants 22/10/52: RPL 20536 with descr of game aft/ FTX-202 - THE LIVERPOOL SPINNERS (Group) rec by PK: EMI CLP-1500 1962: FTX-291 - A-ROVING radio progs: FTX-308/ 309/ 310 - Emma VICKERS rec by Fred Hamer: EFDSS LP 1006 "The Cruise of the Calabar" - Isla CAMERON & Ewan McCOLL: FOLKWAYS FW-8871 1959 "Johnny Todd" - Dominic BEHAN MAJOR MINOR MML-6 1967 "The Leaving of Liverpool" - JACKIE & BRIDIE: MAJOR MINOR MML-23 1968

LONDON:-- Betty REDSHAW: FTX-019"He comes down our alley" - Janet PENFOLD (gypsy) rec by PK, Battersea, London 1958: 5"RTR-0952/"Blooming Lavender": FTX-031/ SAYDISC CD SDL-407 1994 - Adrian TUCKER (One Man Band): FTX-037 - Bob ROBERTS Thames Barge skipper: FTX-047 - Phoebe SMITH & family: FTX-100- - Shanties rec by James M Carpenter 1928: FTX-141/ 142 - A-ROVING radio prog: FTX-308 - George MAYNARD: FTX-382 "The Tooting Murder" - ABINGDON Morris dancing at Trafalgar Square: FTX-116 - Sydney CARTER (voc) with Donald SWANN (voc & piano) rec by PK, London 6/6/61: RTR-0416-9 (4 reels)/ RTR-1094/ FTX-146 - Lucky LUCKHURST: FTX-331/ 332 Songs & talk - Children: Bus tickets & St James Grottas: 199 - Children's games Kentish Town: FTX-202 - Steve BENBOW (voc with gtr): FTX-091/ 292 - - The Two Bills, rec by PK, Bermondsey (with piano) 16/5/53: RPL 21158-9/ John FOREMAN (Music Hall songs) & orch: FTX-331 - with cockney rhyming slang: FTX-450 - Dialect: FTX-453 - Douglas Kennedy talks about London: FTX-481-493 - "Sing Christmas" 1957 radio prog: FTX-950 - Film by Leslie Daikin & PK "One Potato Two Potato" (Children's games in London around the year): FF1107 - CRITICS GROUP ARGO ZFB-60 & 61 - Georgie/ Children's Songs: ARGO ZFB-64 - Ewan McCOLL: ARGO ZDA-66 "Lady from Lee" (Brixton) - Ewan McCOLL & Peggy SEEGER: ARGO ZDA-74 "Six Lords" & "Two Dukes" - Trevor CROZIER: ARGO ZFB 80 - Lavender cry 1938 RPL 3035/ Cry 1947 RPL 11052/ 1955 Rosie Smith RPL 21668 - Lavender Cry outside BBC 13/7/55: RPL 21668 - William SCARLETT rec by PK, Cranford (now London Airport) 16/5/53: RPL 19339 - Paddy ROBERTS: DECCA SPA 37 "Bethnal Green" & "Barking Creek" - Dominic BEHAN DOBELL F-LEUT-4 "Tambourine Song" (cockney) - George BELTON: EFDSS LP-1007 "The Roving Navvy Man" - Fred DALLAS "Smithfield Market Fire" (own comp): EMI DLP-1204 - Frank PURSLOW: EMI CLP- 1327 "Ratcliffe Highway" - Sydney CARTER: FONTANA STL-5418 "British Museum Waltz" - Tommy WILLIAMS (conc): FREE REED FRR-008 Battersea - Leon ROSSELSON: LEADER LER-3015 1971 "Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph" - Pete COE: LEADER LER-2098 1976 "London Town" (Two Sisters Ballad) - THE POGUES: STIFF SEEZ-58 "The Dark Streets of London" - Bermondsey children: singing games TOPIC IMP-A-101 1969 / CASS 0201 - Belle STEWART: TOPIC 12-T-138 1965 "London's Fair City" - Bernard WRIGLEY: TOPIC 12-TS-241 "Rigs of London" - Jumbo BRIGHTWELL: TOPIC 12-TS-261"Flower of London" - Bob ROBERTS: TOPIC 12-TS-361 "The L Waterman" - Gus ELEN: TOPIC 12-TS-396- Cill & Artie TREZISE: TOPIC 12-TS-405 1979 "Fair Maid of London Town" (pox) - Colin Irwin's radio prog 1988 "Acoustic Roots": CASS-0351

LONDONDERRY - DERRY

LONGFORD - RPL 12055 Patrick GREEN, Ballinalee 26/8/47 "Green Broom " & "Green grow the rushes" FTX-518 Waterloo Songs: Patrick GREEN "Green grow the rushes" - MORNING STAR 45001 Packie DOLAN (fid)

LOUTH -- RPL 18295-8 Margaret BARRY rec by PK, Dundalk, 26/7/52 - COLUMBIA SL-204 Margaret BARRY - RIVERSIDE RLP-602 Margaret BARRY incl "The Turfman from Ardee"

 
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