News I was sorry to hear today. I can't claim to have known Harry long - I first met him rather late on in the day. As in every year since the Electric Theatre in Guildford opened he was present there with Broadwood Morris in December 2004 for one of several performances of "Maypoles to Mistletoe" (now the longest running regular booking at the theatre), and happened to see an advert in the theatre for a forthcoming performance of a show on Lucy Broadwood and Sabine Baring-Gould that I was involved in.He asked to be introduced to me and after that meeting he generously loaned me a large collection of papers that he had about Lucy Broadwood, some of which I had never seen before. We stayed in contact for quite a while after that, and met again once or twice at events related to Sussex. Harry was effectively responsible for the first invitation I received to sing outside Guildford - in Horsham Parish Church for a Christmas concert featuring music from the area, and also involving Broadwood Morris. He always seemed to display a proprietorial and concerned interest in how my research and talks on Lucy Broadwood were going. RIP Harry, and many thanks for your help along the way.
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