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SISTER SITES
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(main site) |
The
main website for Life & Times |
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A
new venture started in 2007 which we hope to develop over time. Keep checking
back just in case. |
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Several
of our songs with slideshows or videos |
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Our
Facebook presence. If you are on Facebook too, please press ‘Like’! |
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Our
E-Ceilidh/Barn Dance band site. A 5-piece band including caller, fiddle,
melodeon, guitar, bass and drums. |
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A
new venture started in 2007 which we hope to develop over time. Keep checking
back just in case. |
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Graeme’s
site relating to his songs and music. A good deal more on Life & Times
too with mp3 downloads. |
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Barry’s
Myspace site to promote his activities as a caller, MC, singer, musician etc.
etc. etc. |
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Graeme’s
Myspace site. |
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Barry’s
Facebook page. |
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Graeme’s
Facebook page. |
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A
webpage devoted to Barry’s songs. |
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FOLK MUSIC
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This
site lists several Life & Times canal songs with words and music. |
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The
aim of the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust is to increase awareness of
and access to the traditional folk music, song and dance of the eastern
counties. |
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Dr
Chloe Woolley of Manx Heritage was particularly helpful with our researches
into Manx traditions for our school shows. |
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A
site with information, reviews etc. CDs etc. See the review of WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT here |
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FOLK DANCE
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English
Ceilidh, Folk Dance, Barn Dance, Cajun, French/Breton, Morris Dancing on the
web. |
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An
explanation of country dance terminology. |
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FOLK MAGAZINES
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Local
music from out there! |
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A
folk music magazine with a more traditional bias. |
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The
web-based magazine for traditional music enthusiasts. |
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Local
folk in Beds., Herts., Bucks., Cambs., and beyond. |
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MORRIS DANCING
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The
finest men’s Morris Team in Mid-Bedfordshire |
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The
finest women’s Morris Team in Mid-Bedfordshire |
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The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring,
The Open Morris. |
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YOUTUBE
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A
slideshow of Life & Times performing at various events accompanied by the
song Where the Working Boats Went. |
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A
slideshow about Marston Vale Community Forest accompanied by the song Marston Vale; featuring the choir of Marston Vale
Middle School, Stewartby, Beds.; from the Marston
Vale Project. |
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A slideshow of the outings of Wareham
Court Leet which is accompanied by Graeme’s song of the same name. |
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A low quality video we were given of the
cut-down Mummers play in our Christmas show in 2009. Audience participation
included.! |
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A slideshow of the spectacular Hogmanay
event at Stonehaven in |
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A site dedicated to Five Feet Films’
short film: ‘The Bedfordshire Clanger’. The film features by the same name:
my song, the tune by |
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A film about Morris Dancing featuring
Derek Jacobi! |
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TELEVISION
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This is a local internet television news
site for Bedfordshire. A video on the site features Life & Times and
Redbornstoke Morris at the 2007 Woodworks Festival. |
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VIDEO
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This is actually a slide show that shows
Life & Times, The Brafront Guizers
and Redbornstoke Morris at the 2008 Woodworks Festival at Marston Vale,
Bedfordshire. When you get to the page, click on PLAY. |
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On this site you will find a series of
DVDs, some with clearly educational content: a |
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SPECIAL SCHOOL PROJECTS
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A virtual museum website set up after an
oral history project Sands Of Time by The
Greensand Trust. Two of the three songs we wrote especially
for the project appear on the site. See also our Recordings
page for details of the CD (Wixamtree WIXD104) and our Special
Projects page for details of the music’s use in schools. |
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OTHERS WORKING IN SCHOOLS
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Steve Rowley (an old friend of ours)
provides arts and music based days in schools. Please mention Life & Times’
website when you contact. |
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Steve (‘The History Man’) & Jo are
friends who are well known around schools and have their own site at
Wells-next-the-Sea, |
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A company providing sports coaching,
fitness programmes, out of school clubs etc. Please mention Life & Times’
website when you contact. |
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CRAFTS
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Straw plaiting is an old craft heavily
associated with Bedfordshire, the plaited straw being the main constituent in
the manufacture of straw hats, for which Luton is famous. |
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Artists, venues and events in Bucks. and
Beds. |
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A site listing various artists from
around the folk scene. You’ll find Life & Times there. |
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Loads of web links related to
Bedfordshire. |
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Even more Bedfordshire web links. |
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Now on line at the Mid Beds local
government website is their local Arts Directory. |
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DirPedia.com - combining a dictionary, an
encyclopedia and a web directory. |
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A collection of links to music related
websites and newsgroups. |
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The online folk and world music magazine.
Artist listings here. |
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Jay Glicksman’s
site with a very large list of performers. |
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OTHER LINKS
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See Life & Times’ entries in The
British Library Sound Archive. Select Sound Archive then enter life and times and name
in the search boxes. Charivari seems to be listed in a different way. Go to
the search page again and type in charivari and select title. You will find it listed
there (about No.11 or 12) and the details can be accessed from that page. |
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The inspiration for Shropshire Iron. |
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A new waterway for the 21st
century which is set to link Bedford’s River Great Ouse to The Grand Union
Canal at Milton Keynes by c2030. It is known as The B&MK (which is the
title of our song about it!) Find the words and sound file of our song on
their site here. |
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Links to other Bedfordshire sites and
local interest. John Pilgrim runs the Out and About programme on |
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A friend of Life & Times who hosted
the premiere of our canal show Where The Working
Boats Went in the only surviving Lancasterian
classroom in the country March 2009. Well worth a visit to see how Victorian
children were educated. |
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The site of Wareham Court Leet where you
can hear Graeme’s song about their annual inspection of the local pubs. The
song can be found on this page accompanying an embedded YouTube slideshow of
the Court Leet over the years. Follow their More
Archives: Documents link to find the sheet music for the song. |
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