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Thread #131549   Message #2972021
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
24-Aug-10 - 04:30 PM
Thread Name: Traditional singer definition
Subject: RE: Traditional singer definition
On our jaunts into Manchester we use the Ladywell Park & Ride, picking up the Eccles tram which takes into St. Peter's Square crossing the ship canal over the Pomona Dock and stopping at Pomona station. There is a Pomona Palace public house nearby I believe... I first (& last) heard the song sung in Fleetwood some years ago by the redoutable Geoff Higginbottom.

Otherwise...

Thanks for the untimely inquisition, Joe, and the threats of censure, neither of which were strictly necessary. For the record, the altercation (hardly that) wasn't about the definition of a traditional singer (Jim & I are in 100% agreement on that one), rather Jim taking me to task on my own approach to traditional material in the light of some things I said elsewhere. You're spot on about Jim & I being friendly though - and can I just restate my absolute respect for the man & all he has done in the field of folk song & traditional culture.