At one time Alex Atterson lived in Peterborough (my home town) and was one of the founder members of P'boro Folk Club. By the time I joined the club, in 1967, Alex had moved to Norwich - but he returned fairly frequently. I remember him as a great character and a fine musician (he played guitar and jazz on the piano - he may have been one of the founders of the Jazz club as well, not sure).
He put a tune to Charles Causley's poem 'The Ballad of Katherine of Aragon'. The eponymous Queen is buried in P'boro Cathedral and the poem contrasts the death of a P'boro man, during the 2nd World War with the death of Queen Katherine.