FTX-042 - TWO
GYPSY FAMILIES
THE
PENFOLDS & THE WILLETTS
| Rebecca Penfold remembers some of her mothers songs, and talks about
her life as a gypsy visiting the West Country fairs. Her particular family
clan, who travelled mainly in Devonshire, were known as "fu'z'-stickers",
not because of their treatment of local bobbies but because they wittled
fancy walking-sticks from the branches of gorse-bushes. The Willett family,
on the other hand, recorded at Paddock Wood, a few miles out of London,
travelled the Southern counties of Kent, Surrey & Sussex and regarded themselves
as general dealers. |
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The Penfolds (Photo: Peter Kennedy) |
THE BANKS OF THE
SWEET PRIMEROSES -
THE NIGHTINGALES SING -
MEETING IS A PLEASANT PLACE -
THE POOR ORPHAN BOY -
Talk about the Rev Sabine Baring Gould -
THE LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN -
THE BANKS OF THE SWEET DUNDEE -
THE FLOWER OF THE COUNTRY(or THE ROSE OF ARDEE) -
THE COACHMAN - THORNEY
PARK, NEAR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE -
MY LOVE IS BUT A SAILOR BOLD DOWN
BY THE TANYARD SIDE -
THE LITTLE BALL OF YARN
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