FTX-383 - EARLY DAYS

WILLIAM KIMBER TALKING

Here is the complete interview of WILLIAM KIMBER with Maud Karpeles recorded by Peter Kennedy at Kimber's home, Headington Quarry, Oxford 4th Dec 1951. A complete transcript accompanies the CD.

1. Beginnings - 2'23"

2. Whitsun Morris - 1'38"

3. Percy Manning - 0'39"

4. Mrs Birch - 2'00"

5. Sandfield Cottage - 1'03"

6. Boxing Day - 0'44"

7. First meeting with Cecil Sharp - 2'13"

8. Going up to London - 1'52"

9. Meeting with McIlwaine - 1'54"

10. Mary Neal and The Esperance Club - 1'54"

11. Trouble between the two pioneers - 3'03"

12. Lectures, Shows & Teaching - 4'08"

13. Resting before work - 1'36"

14. Good Show at the Queens Hall - 0'11"

15. Meeting the Royals - 3'02"

16. The Gold Badge - 0'55"

17. Death Stalks - 0'36"

18. The Fatal Blow - 0'36"

19. The Sense of loss - 1'15"

20. Never failed him - 0'38"

21. The Headington Morris - 1'41"

22. On trial with parents - 2'11"

23. May Day - 1'28"

24. Handbells & Bands - 0'18"

25. Christmas Mummers - 3'45"

26. Women dancing Morris - 2'03"

27. Tips for dancers - 0'34"

28. The Lamb Ale in Oxfordshire - 1'57"

29. Decline of Morris 1'39"

30. Other dances - 0'47"

31. Whitsuntide - 2'21"

32. Romany Gypsies - 1'00"

33. The Handkerchief or Ribbon Dance - 1'07"

34. May Garlands - 1'21"

35. Headington Morris - 1'01"

36. Training dancers - 2'29"

37. Best foot forward - 0'38"