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GUEST,RichD (in Work) Stories about Paul Robeson (53* d) RE: Stories about Paul Robeson 27 Jan 05


As far as I know the recording made by the NUM didn't have a very wide circulation, and I don't believe it has ever been re-released. There is probaly a copy in the National Sound archive. Mr Robeson had a close relationship with south Wales, which apparantly began when he was working on stage in London. Many unemployed miners left Wales for London in the thirties and the story is that Paul Robeson heard an unemployed miners' choir singing in the street and joined in with them. Later he appeared in the the film PROUD VALLEY, which was set in and included locations around the south Wales coalfield. This brought him into contact with many south Wales people. He is remembered with great affection here, and his son has visited south Wales several times. As recently as last year there was a memeorial concert for him in the Parc and Dare Hall in Treorchy (Rhondda Valley) with Eric Bibb.


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