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Thread #157323   Message #3712501
Posted By: Vic Smith
28-May-15 - 10:33 AM
Thread Name: Sheila Stewart Radio Recordings
Subject: RE: Sheila Stewart Radio Recordings
This may not be what you are after, Malcolm, but you can listen to a recording of Sheila telling the Appley and Orangey story recorded by Terry Yarnell at Stratford Folk Club 1n 1972 from the British Library by clicking here.

I used to arrange folk club tours in South-East England for The Stewarts of Blair during these years and it is quite likely that I arranged the one when this recording was made.

I can also remember about that time,probably a couple of years earlier, that Belle & Alex, Cathie & Sheila were at our club in Lewes and in the middle of the performance Belle said, "Right, we'll get Sheila to tell you a story now."
It was clear that Sheila was not prepared for this and she looked flummoxed.
Isabel Sutherland was sitting next to me and she called out, "Tell 'Appley & Orangey', Sheila."
"My God, Isabel, that's an awfa' bloodthirsty tale, thon yin."
"You tell it, Sheila. It's one o' yer best."


Sheila told it and it went down really well. It was the first time that I had heard it from her - though I'd heard Alex tell it - and subsequently I heard her tell it many times in club and festival.