Jim, Ted Edwards was very well known on the local folk scene (i.e.north-west England) until a few years ago, when he suffered a stroke and has been unable to give public performances since (although he usually attends the Swinton Folk Festival at the end of October). He wrote such classics as "Coal Hole Cavalry" and "The Coal and Albert Berry", amongst many others. I must admit I did't know he'd written the Newcastle Brown song, I thought it had been written by a Geordie, but I'll take Guest's word on that.