"For a contemporary price comparison of your banjo, a top of the range lightweight sports/touring bicycle cost just over £9 in 1930. A good quality sports/touring bicycle could be purchased for between £7 and £8. A small Austin 7…"
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Essex catered for the upper classes right from the start when he opened his banjo studio in the former premises of Sir Henry Irving.. The year is 1910.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Bostock May 21.
Bill Bowen's arrangement of the Maple Leaf Rag
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel Hooks Feb 7.
An old BMG Federation membership card
I've just discovered what may be the oldest surviving BMG Federation membership card, amongst my pile of banjo memorabilia. It belonged to Tom Bull whom I seem to remember meeting when I used to go…Continue
Started Feb 7
Roseland Romance by Norton Greenop
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Trapdoor2 Nov 21, 2021.
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"I think the address may be: Tickhill Tr (Terrace?) Denaby Main, nr Rotherham, Yorks.
According to google maps there is a Tickhill Street in modern Denaby Main."
"Joel, it might provide more context on your banjo's first owner to look at his address in 1930. I can't make out the full details from your scan but I can see 'near Rotherham, Yorks'. My own father grew up in Doncaster not far…"
"£19 in 1930 was roughly 6 weeks wages for a bus/tram driver. Hire-purchase for all sorts of consumer purchases enabled many people in that decade to have a radio set in their home too."
"The dress/outfits used in these period banjo photographs have often confused Folk Revival era folklorists as the presumption was that well fitting evening wear, suits, or dresses means wealthy.
One factor that if often overlooked is…"
"I did a bit more probing and it appears Lily Annie's mother had a bob or two to her name. Very likely from her late husband's ship cargo occupation in Bristol docks. Not sufficient money to alter their essentially working class background,…"
"The cultural context of Victorian social reform movement and rational recreation, for anyone interested in the history of the banjo in Britain, are inextricably intertwined with the diversity of banjo narratives and patterns of behaviour. "
"A brief further enquiry into the Ward household brings forth a little more information on which gives us a fuller picture. Their 1899 marriage certificate indicates that Frederick Ward was not a musician at age 30, he was in fact a french polisher.…"
"...let alone the open-mouth praise you'd be due for your IT capability! "
"Joel, if you were 156 years old and said that you'd be a prime candidate for interview. ;-)"
"The occupations of the Ward's immediate neighbours were: cabinet wood turner, confectioner's assistant, tailor's presser (clothing factory), butcher, engine, driver, dressmaker, gas fitter, corset machinist, corset boner, engine…"
"I'm working class and I own three CE banjos including a Concert Grand. I also have some nice outfits that I could have my photo taken in."
"Coincidentally I just looked up the address given on the 1911 census and discovered that Coronation Avenue, Twerton is only a feeble stone's throw from Oldfield Park where I lived as a student. The 3 bedroom terraced housing is not the poorest…"
"This may demonstrate an interesting example of how 'presentism' can lead to incorrect assumptions when researching. To our modern T-shirt and jeans eyes (maybe I should just speak for myself!) a Victorian individual in a studio photograph…"
"It's certainly food for thought, and will probably repay further investigation. For Mrs. Ward to have such an expensive banjo made available to her at the very start of her studies, combined with R.Tarrant Bailey being her teacher, which…"
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Clifford Essex Cup Winners 1994, Pat Doyle, Mike Redman, Me and Alf Brimble
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 13:00
Me accompanying Jody Stecher playing 'Cupid's Arrow' at Backwell some years ago
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 12:38 — 1 Comment
A very rare tenor banjo for sale on Ebay
Posted on April 16, 2018 at 14:30 — 6 Comments
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- At 7:19 on February 14, 2017,
thereallyniceman said…
Welcome (again) to Ning,Richard! I see that you have re-registered using your new email address, thank you and we look forward to posts from Richard 2
:-)
Ian
- At 18:28 on March 13, 2019,
Eli K L said…
Hello, Richard! I am not, alas, the famous Eli K. Just a generic Eli starting to look into classic banjo. :-)
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