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Thread #110981 Message #2337291
Posted By: Judy Dyble
10-May-08 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: Peggy Seeger's Cockney Leadbelly??
Subject: RE: Peggy Seeger's Cockney Leadbelly??
This is all a bit away from the question of who the poor fellow was in the first post, but I thought this might help (or indeed confuse) the issue of the Norfolk 'Nay' I checked with my cousin who is a Norfolk woman and she was definite that 'Nay' was not a word she'd heard used. Both my father and hers were born to a fishing family in Winterton and, in fact, the family knew Sam Larner and sang with him on occasions. Possibly even in the pub (the Fisherman's Return) which is still a fine place today.
Sam Larner was known to my Uncle Walter as 'Funky' Larner but I haven't been able to find out why!(Uncle Walter is in his late 90's so that may be a bit of a muddled memory.) He is now the last of his generation of the family still living, and I am trying to find out what he remembers of those times.
Judy