Best Folkies from out of Barnsley ?

21 Aug 07 - 07:18 PM (#2130714)
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From: Brakn

Charlie Williams.

Ayup Flower!

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21 Aug 07 - 07:43 PM (#2130728)
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From: Banjo-Flower

How did they get out of Barnsley?

is there a hole in the fence again?

Gerry

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21 Aug 07 - 07:53 PM (#2130735)
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From: Zany Mouse

Me!!! lol

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22 Aug 07 - 12:33 AM (#2130851)
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From: GUEST,Bruce Michael Baillie

...Ray Padgett, he's a cheeky chappie!

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22 Aug 07 - 03:26 AM (#2130899)
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From: Betsy

Is Burland -   Barnsley ?

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22 Aug 07 - 03:57 AM (#2130916)
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From: GUEST,MC Fat

Booker Padget and Deakin followed by Dave Burland and Doric and Derethy Elliot

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22 Aug 07 - 04:00 AM (#2130918)
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From: Dave Hanson

'ay oop Banjo-Flower, I believe they got out through the tunnel the yellowbellies were building to get in.

eric

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22 Aug 07 - 04:06 AM (#2130922)
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From: cptsnapper

Sharon Fountain

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22 Aug 07 - 06:52 AM (#2130979)
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From: Banjo-Flower

ey up Eric The Red why are'nt you at Whitby?

Gerry

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22 Aug 07 - 07:02 AM (#2130983)
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From: Kampervan

Ey up Eric T R

The only tunnel the Yellowbellies would dig would be the one to plant a million tonnes of dynamite under that stronghold of Yorkshire so as to watch as a cloud of dust in the shape of a Barnsley chop drifted skywards ;-)

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22 Aug 07 - 07:10 AM (#2130984)
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From: Banjo-Flower

And watch it settle on Halifax, Eric

Gerry

Running for the door

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22 Aug 07 - 07:21 AM (#2130985)
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From: Dave the Gnome

DON'T MENTION ANYONE WITH THE INITIALS KR!

:D

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22 Aug 07 - 07:41 AM (#2130992)
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From: Bainbo

I didn't know Keith Richards was from Barnsley.

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22 Aug 07 - 07:45 AM (#2130994)
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From: Betsy

Sean Cannon spent a lot of his time at Barnsley didn't he ?

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22 Aug 07 - 07:57 AM (#2130996)
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From: George Papavgeris

There was an excellent sound engineer fron Barnsley, first name Steve, last name Rushbie or something similar. He had a daughter - Catherine? - that was a pretty good singer; she had a problem with altitude, I believe, she was a girl that couldn't fly or something like that. I don't know what happened to her. But she was good.

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22 Aug 07 - 08:53 AM (#2131031)
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From: Paco Rabanne

KATE RUSBY!!!!!!!

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22 Aug 07 - 08:54 AM (#2131033)
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From: Dave the Gnome

Ooooooh, Ted, now you have bin an gin an dun it...

:D

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22 Aug 07 - 08:54 AM (#2131034)
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From: Kampervan

G P Shhuuuussssssshhhh. All sorts of things start to happen when anyone mentions K R.
Try to stick to less controversial things like global warming or the war in Iraq.

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22 Aug 07 - 02:42 PM (#2131338)
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From: North/South Annie

Padgett and Booker of course but I'm not bad either eh lads?

Annie

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22 Aug 07 - 03:14 PM (#2131361)
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From: Linda Kelly

Zoe Bottomley the most bautiful voie I'v heard in a long while

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22 Aug 07 - 03:29 PM (#2131371)
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From: Geordie-Peorgie

Did anybody ever develop Dave Burland's idea of reviving the area by opening 'dude pits'

The' wez supposed te be like them 'dude ranches' in America where city-folk gan te pretend te be cowboys. The idea being that holiday makers could gan te Barnsley and work in the mines for a day/week and get the feel of how it used te be.

Apparently it meant paintin' the coal white so as not te get anybody's claes mucky.

A missed opportunity aah thowt!

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22 Aug 07 - 03:51 PM (#2131391)
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From: RTim

At one time there were more car thefts (per capita?) in Barnsley than in any other town or city in the UK!
I don't know what that tell us?
Tim Radford

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23 Aug 07 - 02:11 AM (#2131731)
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From: Dave Hanson

Hey Gerry, why aren't YOU in Whitby ?

I can't go at present for domestic reasons.

eric

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23 Aug 07 - 05:19 AM (#2131785)
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From: Banjo-Flower

I had a great night in the Elsinore last night and last Saturday night you would have loved it Eric/Dave

I'm commuting as and when this year

Gerry

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23 Aug 07 - 05:28 AM (#2131789)
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From: Betsy

Good Luck to you Banjo Flower, Padge , Booker and all the rest at Whitby . I am at work 30 miles north of Whitby 10.30am on Thursday and the sun is cracking the pavement already !!! Hope to get there on Friday sometime. All folkies deserve a bit of sun after the poxy weather we've had this summer - so fingers crossed that it lasts .
Back to the thread - surely, Barnsley Bitter (loosely) fit's the bill.

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23 Aug 07 - 05:43 AM (#2131802)
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From: Dave the Gnome

Zoe Bottomley the most beautiful voice

I wonder if there is anyone called Zoe Voicely with a beautiful bottom...

:D

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24 Aug 07 - 09:07 AM (#2132657)
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From: GUEST,Zoe Voicely

Have you got a match, Dave?

Your face and ...

I'll get my long coat

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26 Aug 07 - 10:28 AM (#2133837)
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From: GUEST,Sarah, Barnsley

Leon O'Doherty is Barnsley's best kept secret: http://www.myspace.com/leonodoherty

Dom Dudill Ex Barnsley now Manchester, fiddle player with Blackbush http://www.blackbushmusic.com/
and is one of James Cannon's Sinners

http://www.myspace.com/jamescannonandthesinners

S :)

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26 Aug 07 - 05:22 PM (#2134039)
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From: r.padgett

O just woke up!

Dave Bottomley, John Platt and Sarah are the club musicians and stalwarts!!

Padgett and Booker been there for ever (with Nigel Deakin and Bill Richardson)

Dave Burland back on the scene playing and entertaining very well indeed, I am told

so is Jim Potter now 78 y.o. just come back from Whitby FF!!

young uns like Jamie Roberts with Catriona Gilmore (of Tiny Tin ladies) are very able newcomers looking for work

James Cannon (Sean's lad) has a band The Sinners, out of Barnsley doing folky

Steph Shaw very confident young singer, solo

Leon and Dom Dudill as Sarah says, new young uns

Dom very good fiddler and Leon solo performer many self penned own stuff and very competent singer and guitarist

Kate Rusby packing em in at Festivals

Katherine Roberts just had twins!

Mick Roberts doing more folk stuff semi retired from proper job
Derek and Dorothy Elliot with Melody in good voice at Whitby

Chris Parkinson of Sultans of Squeeze bust at WFF ( married to Nadine Elliot)

Sharon Fountain just moved out from Birdwell to near Scunthorpe very able singer still!!

Missed any body??

O yes secret weapon, Betty Martin brilliant singer for 40 years! and still only looks 40! husband Dave Martin Irish whistle player

Ray

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26 Aug 07 - 06:22 PM (#2134079)
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From: r.padgett

Yep Missed "our" Zoe Bottomley ~ brilliant singer to Dave's accompaniment

Watch out for Fyrish! Dave and Marj

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27 Aug 07 - 04:24 AM (#2134325)
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From: GUEST,selby

Is Miss McShane of Bellowhead fame not from Barnsley ?

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27 Aug 07 - 08:06 AM (#2134387)
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From: GUEST,Sarah

Ay, Miss McShane is a Barnsley Lass.

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28 Aug 07 - 04:01 AM (#2135099)
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From: GUEST,padgett

Yea got to miss someone hadn't I!

Rachel (Bellowhead) and her dad Chris McShane who leads PADS at Barnsley

Performing Arts Development Service are "instrumental" in bringing musical ability to all at this professional centre covering all abilities

Chris regular at Whitby FF working with kids

Robin Garside originally from Penistone cut his folk teeth at Barnsley Civic club

On another thread I have listed many a folky and where they ended up
eg Prof Steve Linstead (Durham) John Ashton (Newfoundland), John Dakin, Colin Thompson

Ray

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28 Aug 07 - 04:22 AM (#2135107)
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From: GUEST,padgett

Good to bump into North South Annie and Zany Mouse on occasion, Civic Hall/Centenary rooms Folk club a lot to answer for!!

Just seen that Linstead is at York University now, and John Ashton Prof of Folklore in Newfoundland

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30 Aug 07 - 03:39 PM (#2137023)
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From: GUEST

These lists are all very well, Ray, but to get to the original point - who is the *best*?!?!?

Tough I know, so I propose a Top Trumps style play off - each folkie being awarded points for a series of desirable traits in a folk singer from barnsley the one with highest overall score is the winner -

I need everyones inputs on this - but for starters suggest

'Number of songs in Repetoire'
and
'Number of Verses in Longest Song'

Sarah x

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30 Aug 07 - 04:22 PM (#2137063)
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From: JulieF

Ray

Where has Sharon gone ?

She was in the Meadow Hotel in Sheffield last time I was there a couple of months ago.   I know that it was shut down but I was rather hoping that she would get another local pub.

J

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31 Aug 07 - 01:27 PM (#2137808)
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From: r.padgett

Hi JulieF

You could try "myspace" for Sharon

I got a message on there from her and I also saw/spoke to her at Whitby ff

She is moving to near Scunthorpe and is still doing day job!

Will you be at Sheff ff Julie?
Hope you are keeping well

Ray

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02 Sep 07 - 08:22 AM (#2138800)
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From: JulieF

Hi Ray

Should be at the Sheff folk fest. Have moved from Stocksbridge so don't have to worry about the buses so much.   Not sure if we will be running as session - need to talk to the organisers but should defintely be at some of the singarounds.

see you there

J

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03 Sep 07 - 06:12 AM (#2139511)
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From: GUEST,padgett

That's an interesting one Sarah!

You mean songs in repertoire not sung from the book?

Sorry John Platt

Criteria may have a bearing on the outcome!

Probably Dave Burland

Ray

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04 Sep 07 - 04:23 AM (#2140337)
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From: Mark H.

I was always amazed by Sharon Fountain.
Sometimes I vaguely regret selling my Northworthy Wyaston guitar, but then I remind myself that it could hardly have gone to a better home.

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04 Sep 07 - 05:52 AM (#2140374)
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From: Colin Randall

I once referred to Kate Rusby in the Telegraph as the best thing to come out of Barnsley, and immediately received a postcard from someone in Birmingham telling me that only Dave Burland could ever qualify for the description.........but as many people will know, Kate wouldn't quarrel with that anyway since he's been a hero of hers from childhood. I interviewed her recently for Salut! Live and she regarded Dave's thumbs-up for her new album as the ultimate seal of approval.
Dave did the first guest spot at my first folk club, in my home town, Shildon, Co Durham, in or around 1967. It was a fairly grim club, and Dave's performance, and friendliness, are among my few happy memories of the place before we moved the club to the big city (Bishop Auckland).

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04 Sep 07 - 06:20 AM (#2140396)
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From: GUEST,padgett

Dave Burland has a lot to answer for

The first clubs were run by Tony Heald [an accomplished artist today and retired teacher] joined by Dave Burland, Jim Potter, Derek and Dorothy Elliot, and latterly the young hustling Robin Garside k/as Wild Orange! ran on Saturday nights with no doubt underage drinking etc ~ the place to be!!

The club was encouraged by Barnsley MBC, via John Simmonds entertainments manager

Dave, Jim and Tony were the mainstays in the 1970s and Derek and Dorothy opened their King George Folk on the Monday

Barnsley fc still runs on Mondays at the Shaw Inn

Steve and Ann Rusby sang together in the early days and had a Ceildh band with Ann on Accordion, Steve played banjo still live at Cawthorne about 3 miles from Barnsley centre and near Penistone {penny stone!!] where folk took off with Garside and Gough (Paul's from Cleethorpes) where they went professional for a time and then joined to form a group called Tom Tiddler's ground with among others Brian Dewhurst/Preston

Ray

Ray

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02 Jan 09 - 09:57 PM (#2530164)
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From: GUEST,big ears

dudill.......dayton a.......rusby k.........son of burland c bayte..........and some other people who i carnt remember

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03 Jan 09 - 08:00 AM (#2530357)
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From: GUEST,Charley O'Neill

Big Ears, who are these people you speak of ? Does padgett know em ?

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03 Jan 09 - 08:11 AM (#2530362)
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From: Weasel

Could anybody remind me of the folkies who came out of Bretton Hall in the 70's and were working in the Barnsley area

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03 Jan 09 - 11:17 AM (#2530489)
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From: r.padgett

Deighton family, Dave was a melodeon player and had a family band including Rosie Arthur Maya and wife Josie

Josie and Dave live in Barnsley still and family "all over" I think Arthur in Holland where Josie came from

One Deighton family member on the folk scene nationally I think Rosie?

Dave at Leeds College of Music was making instruments last I spoke to him

Dominic Dudill studied music at Barnsley College, his dad being a dance caller, he went to Manchester and plays with two bands the one local to Barnsley being James Cannon and the Sinners who are quite some band doing Irish

James of course is Sean Cannon's son!! grew up in Barnsley

Others are Dave Fisher who plays with Dave Burland's Rock and Roll Band and Bryan Ledgard who did album sleeves for folkies

the Bretton college people had one early folkie who worked at the old night club in Barnsley who went to do perfoming arts teaching at Barnsley College ~ name escapes me at the mo'
Others at Bretton did pottery and came from Stoke way

Ray

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03 Jan 09 - 12:03 PM (#2530524)
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From: r.padgett

The Bretton folkie was/is Chris Evans

Ray

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03 Jan 09 - 01:51 PM (#2530613)
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From: GUEST,Charley O'Neill

Oscar the frog ??

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18 Jun 11 - 10:22 PM (#3172657)
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From: GUEST,Charlie O'Neill

update please,any more we should know about?

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