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Pop Maynard
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George ‘Pop’ Maynard was born in Smallfield, Surrey, on Old Christmas Day, 6th January, 1872. In childhood he moved with the family to the… read moreGeorge ‘Pop’ Maynard was born in Smallfield, Surrey, on Old Christmas Day, 6th January, 1872. In childhood he moved with the family to the next village, Copthorne, on the Surrey and Sussex border, and lived there for most of the rest of… read moreGeorge ‘Pop’ Maynard was born in Smallfield, Surrey, on Old Christmas Day, 6th January, 1872. In childhood he moved with the family to the next village, Copthorne, on the Surrey and Sussex border, and lived there for most of the rest of his long life - but worked over a wide area of those counti… read more
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Fred Jordan
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Fred Jordan (5 January 1922 – 30 July 2002) was a farm worker from Ludlow, Shropshire, and is noted as one of the great musically untutored… read moreFred Jordan (5 January 1922 – 30 July 2002) was a farm worker from Ludlow, Shropshire, and is noted as one of the great musically untutored traditional English singers. He was first recorded in the 1940s by folk music researcher Alan Lom… read moreFred Jordan (5 January 1922 – 30 July 2002) was a farm worker from Ludlow, Shropshire, and is noted as one of the great musically untutored traditional English singers. He was first recorded in the 1940s by folk music researcher Alan Lomax and, over subsequent decades endeared himself to the Engl… read more
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Harry Upton
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Harry Upton: was another well-known Sussex singer who lived a few miles from George Spicer’s home. By trade he was a cowman - retired - an… read moreHarry Upton: was another well-known Sussex singer who lived a few miles from George Spicer’s home. By trade he was a cowman - retired - and had known George from working on neighbouring farms. Although I never saw them singing together… read moreHarry Upton: was another well-known Sussex singer who lived a few miles from George Spicer’s home. By trade he was a cowman - retired - and had known George from working on neighbouring farms. Although I never saw them singing together, they had clearly heard each other in the past and I suspec… read more
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Mary Ann Haynes
410 listeners
Mary Ann Haynes (born 1905; died 1977) was a Romany gypsy singer. Born in a gypsy wagon parked behind The Coach and Horses in Portsmouth, H… read moreMary Ann Haynes (born 1905; died 1977) was a Romany gypsy singer. Born in a gypsy wagon parked behind The Coach and Horses in Portsmouth, Haynes settled in Brighton where she worked as a flower-seller on the waterfront, earning enough to… read moreMary Ann Haynes (born 1905; died 1977) was a Romany gypsy singer. Born in a gypsy wagon parked behind The Coach and Horses in Portsmouth, Haynes settled in Brighton where she worked as a flower-seller on the waterfront, earning enough to support her family but never achieving success as a singer … read more
