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Thread #83473 Message #1535500
Posted By: Dave Hanson
05-Aug-05 - 06:05 AM
Thread Name: Ewan MacColl - real name?
Subject: RE: Ewan McColl - real name?
How many feckin times do you need telling, Ewan was born in Salford, his parents were William and Betsy Miller, both expatriot Scots, he was christened Jimmy.
In common with others in the ' Lallans ' movement he adopted the name of a 19th century minor Scots poet, in his case Ewan MacColl.
One of the others was Christopher Grieve, who took the name Hugh McDiarmid.
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eric