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Thread #112214 Message #2371800
Posted By: Norster
22-Jun-08 - 06:40 AM
Thread Name: Oxford University Heritage Society - req
Subject: Oxford University Heritage Society - req
Hi All,
I am new to this forum, and hope therefore not to be messing up from the off, but here goes. I am a (mature) postgraduate student at the University of Bristol, on their British Music MA, an am writing a disseration on the post-war folk revival in Britain, with a case-study based on Oxford. Oxford was chosen in part because my parents were both there, and my father, John Nourse, was president of the Cecil Sharp Club twice (early 1950s), the musician for the OUMM, and sometimes Ancient Man too.
Until recently I had been unaware of the Heritage Society at Oxford, but my brief researches so far suggest that it could be a very rich source of information for my dissertation, and Mudcat was suggested as a possible way of contacting ex-Heritage people. (There was a thread here in 2003 for a Heritage reunion at Sidmouth that year that I have seen).
So far I have made brief direct contact with a couple of ex-Heritage people, and have gone through Malcolm Taylor's small archive at C Sharp House. The question is, are there people here who were members, or Presidents, who would be willing to help with personal accounts, possibly a questionaire? And, does anyone have any archive material, particularly copies of the Club's magazine, which appears to have been both a cyclostyled A4-ish 'Heritage', and also a sub-A5 'Heritage Broadsheet'. Given that Heritage appears to have been set up in 1956, my proposed study-period is 1956-69.
Any suggestions as to were else to look, who to contact, and information on other 1950s and 60s folk, blues, even skiffle clubs in Oxford, or nearby, would be most helpful too.
Many thanks in advance,
Norster (Nick)