London Broadsides

Subject: London Broadsides
From: GUEST,Hilary
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 08:19 AM

Are there any collections of Broadsides in London which could be viewed by the public?

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: Jack Campin
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 08:28 AM

The British Library, but...

There are stacks of them in books. The Bodleian's collection is pretty good and a lot of it is viewable online. So you would need to be after something pretty arcane to want to use the BL.

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: GUEST,Paul Slade
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 10:01 AM

There's some London ones on my site too, each with full lyrics, plus the True Crime story that inspired the song and a scan of the original sheet.

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 06:14 PM

St Bride's Printing Library, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Society of Antiquaries. VWML has microfilms of the Madden Collection which is as big as the Bodleian.

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: GUEST,Lighter
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 06:22 PM

Some university libraries own Gale-Cengage's microfilmed Madden Collection.

Mine doesn't.

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 06:26 PM

I was about to suggest Paul Slade's website, but spotted he'd already posted a link!

Kitty

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: ChrisJBrady
Date: 07 Apr 11 - 04:50 AM

Many were printed in the Seven Dials area of London near Covent Garden. But broadsheets were printed in many cities and towns. Vic Gammon has many from Brighton - my home town. But I've never seen those. Many Public Record Offices (for manuscripts not lps!!) have them in their Paris Records archives, e.g. at Chichester PRO in Sussex.

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 08 Apr 11 - 04:45 AM

Or get a coy of J Ashton Modern Street Ballads from your library.

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: ChrisJBrady
Date: 08 Apr 11 - 05:50 AM

Google is your friend ... also Wiki

Also see:

The British Broadside Ballad and Its Music by Claude M. Simpson (1966), Rutgers University Press. Out of Print. No ISBN. (540 broadside ballad melodies from all periods)

Subject: RE: London Broadsides
From: GUEST,Hilary
Date: 08 Apr 11 - 10:10 AM

Thanks for your suggestions.