Would have loved to be there but I live a long way away in Yorkshire. Yvette Staelens might just be acquainted with one of Bridgwater's more prestigious folk connections. The well-known ballad 'Bramble Briar/Bruton Town' very likely was set in Bridgwater and printed as 'The Bridgwater Merchant's Daughter' or similar in the middle of the 18th century. I have good reason to believe it would have been printed in Bristol about that time. If you get the chance you might ask her about it.
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