Before We Forget

Jowan collier
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This is a heritage podcast, all about how we got from there, to here, wherever there may be. As someone who cannot help diving headfirst into a number of wikipedia shaped rabbit holes, I often come out with more questions than answers, alternate paths overgrown but with a nice light at the end. And most of these questions can't be answered with a quick google, sometimes whole clubs or societies are formed around one curious interest or sometimes it's trying to find the vibe of a community or area. In this podcast, I interview a bunch of exciting, curious and knowledgeable folks about heritage in one way or another. Heritage of place or identity or language. Also I like to introduce folks who may be interested in one thing, Music Hall, to Manx folk music or what it was like to be gay in the 1970s. Most of all, I hope you enjoy it. https://twitter.com/ForgetPodcast beforeweforgetpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 03/25/2022

    Before We Forget: Episode 1 'Music Hall : Britain's first pop music'

    Hello and welcome to Before We Forget, a look into the movements and influences and people that shape our culture today. (I can be found here https://twitter.com/ForgetPodcast and here beforeweforgetpodcast@gmail.com) On this podcast, Alison Young and I talk about Music Hall's riotous beginnings, its eventual glide into respectable mass entertainment and a little bit about how Music Hall is still very much with us. Our guide for today was Alison Young. Her Music Hall blog, linked below has been a wonderful resource and is superbly written and researched. https://musichallalice.wordpress.com/about/ Alison is also Secretary for the British Music Hall Society http://britishmusichallsociety.com/ Recording with the London Music Hall Choir was a real delight. Here is a recording of a rehearsal wot I made. https://roastedlikeasaltherring.bandcamp.com/album/ed-hicks-the-london-music-hall-choir-rehearsal http://londonmusichallchoir.co.uk/ If you happen to be in London, Abney Park Cemetery is a surprisingly tranquil stroll where many Music Hall stars are laid to rest. https://abneypark.org/music-hall Music Hall War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Hall_Strike_of_1907 Brixton and Music Hall https://brixtonblog.com/2020/07/brixton-music-hall-history-can-you-help/ https://loughboroughroadsw9histories.wordpress.com/ BMHS's Resident historian Peter Charlton helped behind the scenes. We talked a lot about music hall outside of London, its Lancashire tradition especially. With all the talk of chairmen overseeing preceedings and the folk tradition, it is content for another planned podcast episode. In the meantime, here is an article he did for another huge and deeply engaging Music Hall resource. http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/LionComiques.htm http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ For folks who want to know a little bit more about Fred Barnes, information is a little sparse but everything about him is fascinating. Here is the British Music Hall Society's precis on Fred https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDSfKfbXk6w Christopher Green impersonates Fred magnificently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDRAKVXO7fU&t=412s And a little more information on the plays based on Fred's life https://www.wiltons.org.uk/whatson/434-music-hall-monster-the-insatiable-mr-fred-barnes A full pantomime for the uninitiated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFYcdNKwXvc A Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YZlihliwq1k330mjxhVf4 Music Credits Down at the Old Bull and bush London Music Hall Choir (2021) https://roastedlikeasaltherring.bandcamp.com/album/ed-hicks-the-london-music-hall-choir-rehearsal Florrie Forde (1903) https://archive.org/details/CollectedWorksOfFlorrieForde/DownAtTheOldBullAndBush1903.mp3 She was poor but she was honest Cyril Smith (1949) https://archive.org/details/78_she-was-poor-but-she-was-honest_cyril-smith-david-miller_gbia0019054b Following in Father's Footsteps Vesta Tilley (1906) https://archive.org/details/CollectedWorksOfVestaTilley Variety bandbox (1950) Philip Slessor / Roin Richmond https://archive.org/details/variety-bandbox-22-jan-1950 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Before We Forget: Episode 1 'Music Hall : Britain's first pop music'

  2. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    Before We Forget: The Trailer

    Welcome to this little introduction! This is a little precis on what Before We Forget is all about, featuring snippets from our first few guests. In order... Adam Zmith https://www.thelogbooks.org/ https://www.waterstones.com/book/deep-sniff/adam-zmith/9781913462420 Simon Briercliffe https://bclm.com/ https://historywm.com/shop/products/forging-ahead-austerity-to-prosperity-in-the-black-country-1945-1968 Alison Young https://musichallalice.wordpress.com/about/ http://britishmusichallsociety.com/ Chloe Woolley https://culturevannin.im/ https://culturevannin.bandcamp.com/ Neil Lanham http://oraltraditions.co.uk/ ______________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me or if you have a society or community or area you'd like to point towards or talk about, find me here Jowan Collier https://twitter.com/ForgetPodcast beforeweforgetpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About

This is a heritage podcast, all about how we got from there, to here, wherever there may be. As someone who cannot help diving headfirst into a number of wikipedia shaped rabbit holes, I often come out with more questions than answers, alternate paths overgrown but with a nice light at the end. And most of these questions can't be answered with a quick google, sometimes whole clubs or societies are formed around one curious interest or sometimes it's trying to find the vibe of a community or area. In this podcast, I interview a bunch of exciting, curious and knowledgeable folks about heritage in one way or another. Heritage of place or identity or language. Also I like to introduce folks who may be interested in one thing, Music Hall, to Manx folk music or what it was like to be gay in the 1970s. Most of all, I hope you enjoy it. https://twitter.com/ForgetPodcast beforeweforgetpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Jowan collier
  • Years Active
    2022
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jowan collier / the guests
  • Show Website
    Before We Forget