gavdav Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=4974 Old footage of winlaton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Fabulous. Any idea who's playing concertina? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Worrall Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Gavin, That great clip has come up several times in this forum; always nice to see it again. Here are two of the threads that discussed it. http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7550&st=20&p=72500&hl=miners&fromsearch=1entry72500 http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1787&st=0&p=16740&hl=miners&fromsearch=1entry16740 Cheers, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 There was a tin whistle player . Great clip Gav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill N Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Fabulous. Any idea who's playing concertina? And does anyone recognize the tune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I can't hear any sound ( did they have sound then or was it a silent film?) do you mean from the fingering. Looks liek a C whistle , Clarkes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill N Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I can't hear any sound ( did they have sound then or was it a silent film?) do you mean from the fingering. Looks liek a C whistle , Clarkes? The first link in this thread takes you to a clip with sound & a concertina player. There is a soundless "out take" reel with a whistle player. The box player makes generous use of the "doppler effect" in his playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I can't hear any sound ( did they have sound then or was it a silent film?) do you mean from the fingering. Looks liek a C whistle , Clarkes? I heard it OK, but I recognize neither the tune nor the concertina player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Thanks i missed it! the player is on Anglo and sounds a lively and accomplshed player. The march on tune sounds like a march in Eb or Bb , we used to sing some jingostic words we were taught at school as a kid in Manchester in the 40s about Britannia's Family Tree to the song a also a bit like the tune from the ABC cinemas Saturday matineed later on. the jig is in Am and seems along the middle row of a C/G ( anyone worked out how many buttons it has?) It sounds related to Tenpenny Bit which is still played for rapper dances. Not necessarily Irish although there were quite a few Irish settled in the mining areas of the NE. Similar tunes were played on fiddle and can be found in tune books from the 18th C onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindizzy Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I can't hear any sound ( did they have sound then or was it a silent film?) do you mean from the fingering. Looks liek a C whistle , Clarkes? I found the sound on the clip in the original post to be VERY quiet, I could just about hear it at full volume - try setting the amp to 11 (then I blasted my eardrums later on, since I'd forgotten to wind it back down) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I can hear the concertina but not the whistle. wasn't it foggy and grimey then!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 They used an extract form that fil set against some current rapper dancers on BBC 4 Unthank sidters' programme last night. Clog dancing tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteglow Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 They used an extract form that fil set against some current rapper dancers on BBC 4 Unthank sidters' programme last night. Clog dancing tonight! Best nights TV for a long time .Especially as they featured our own Penzance Golowan Band with Penglaze.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 The Cornish peformance was good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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