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Thread #135217 Message #3084564
Posted By: Mary Humphreys
29-Jan-11 - 06:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs from the East Anglia fenlands
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs from the East Anglia fenlands
By the way, Ella Bell is a mis-reading of the original manuscript. The name should read Ella Bull - you will find her in the census returns in 1901 and 1911 living at Bernards in the High Street, Cottenham.The house is still there, near the Church. ( No 41 I think, these days) Ella did the collecting and then sent her manuscripts to W Percy Merrick - a colleague of her father's who was likewise interested in developing Braille. Merrick then sent the songs on to Lucy Broadwood for publication in the Folk Song Journal. It didn't happen in Ella's lifetime, sadly.