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Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/6
Title'Darkie Hunt, Traveller'
LevelSub Series
Date1958
Extent4
FormatItems
Related MaterialRelated paper archives are catalogued as MS 4000/2/72. Some extracts from the interviews with Darkie Hunt were also used in 'Man on the Brink'. See MS 4000/6/1/7.
Access StatusOpen
AdminHistoryDarkie Hunt was a traveller whom Charles Parker met in Wisbech. A programme called 'Darkie Hunt, Traveller' was broadcast on the BBC Midlands Home Service in the series 'People Today' in 1958. The programme was compiled from recordings made and written by Charles Parker, and featured English and Scottish folk songs by Ewan MacColl, with Janet Thompson, Christine Smallman, and the Wisbech children’s choir.
LanguageEnglish
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