On Thursday (April 9th) at South East London London Folklore Society there's an English Folk Dance and Song Society Film Night, featuring a selection of short films from the EFDSS archive including 'Oss Oss Wee Oss', a record of the May Day 'Obby 'Ose celebration at Padstow in 1953 and 1960s singing and dancing in the Barley Mow pub in Suffolk. Come see some raw film recordings of British folk life from the not-so distant past.
Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49, Borough High St, London, SE1 1NA.
8:00 pm start, £2.50 / £1.50 concessions.
Chiappa Ltd: organs in Clerkenwell
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The sound of fairground organs, still heard on 'galloper' carousels, is
distinctive and evocative - but less known is that much of it comes from an
unass...
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