Leeneia

Nice post, thanks!

It was a bit tantalising as he mentioned these ballets (ie song sheets) had been found in a linen chest in 1922, and that the Clellands (?), a family of barbers, had bought them, and so somebody in the family must have enjoyed singing and cared enough to buy and keep them, but beyond this there was very little. I was wondering whether this is a famous collection (perhaps I have seem mention of it before but forgotten).

I've only seen one part of this yet: he intends to trace people across to the US Appalachia especially, but this must be for the future programmes. It's a mixture of history and performance and discussion of songs. Some of, no all, of the performances have been excellent.

I'm guessing this will appear on some channel with more open access in the end. So perhaps worth looking out for?