FTX 481-493 - DOUGLAS KENNEDY (1893-1988) - TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE (1893-1935)

CD#1 (from 1893)

1. Earliest Recollections - 1'45".

2. Edinburgh Horse Trams - 3'17"

3. War in South Africa - 1'34"

4. Schools and Colleges - 1'53"

5. Gangs and Games - 1'27"

6. Chuck, when you're held - 2'38"

7. Family Relations - 1'50"

8. The Children's World - 1'12"

9. Seaside Holidays - 0'55"

10. Kick the can - 2'15"

11.Initiation Ceremonies - 2'57"

12. Netty - 1'01"

13. Mischievous Pranks - 2'23"

14. The English Enemy - 1'25"

15. The Calcutta Cup - 0'58"

16. Edinburgh Environs - 1'54"

17. Finding out about Girls - 5'37"

18. Family Holidays - 2'18"

19. Music in the Family - 2'15"

20. The Thomson's - 2'44"

21. Granny Thomson - 2'08

22. The Time we went to Rothsay-O - 1'58"

23. My Father Emigrates - 2'27"

24. The Crawfords - 1'54"

25. The Soldier's Camp - 1'54"

26. Juniper Green - 1'25"

27. The Train to School - 1'50"

29. Scotland Street - 1'58"

30. Reading Matters - 1'34"

31. Singing Matters - 1'27"

32. Kissing in the Cupboard - 1'44"

33. Still more Kennedys - 1'57"

34. Loss of my mother (1906) - 1'17"

35. Farewell to Edinburgh - 1'00"

36. The Flying Scotsman - 1'44"

CD#2

1. Becoming a Londoner - 3'05"

2. London City School - 3'14"

3. The Tobias Matthay Piano School - 2'34"

4. Sixpennyworth of Supper - 1'51"

5. Exploring the Metropolis -2'20"

6. The Hand up my Kilt - 2'56"

7. London River - 0'46"

8. The Surrey Docks - 1'43"

9. The Piano Nursery - 3'31"

10. The Singing Kennedys - 2'33"

11. Marjory Kennedy-Fraser - 1'18"

12. Two More Aunts - 2'10"

13. The Minstrel Tradition - 2'31"

14. Aunt Dora Matthay - 2'37"

15. Piano Lessons - 1'58"

16. A Country Retreat - 1'48"

17. Camping at Marley - 3'24"

18. Uncle Tobs's Ride - 2'14"

19. Storm in a porridge-bowl - 2'35"

20. Sister Dorothy - 2'16"

21. The Great Western - 1'40"

22. The Hebridean Harvest - 3'17"

23. Modal Arrangements - 2'00"

24. The Love-of-God Assembly - 1'34"

25. London Transports - 4'24"

26. Harold Craxton - 1'40"

27. The White City - 1'43"

28. Round Pond Crack-pots - 4'04"

29. To Scotland by Sea - 1'32"

30. Joining "The Lapwing" - 3'38"

CD#3

1. Down London River - 6'27"

2. The Engine Room - 4'22"

3. The Bell for Supper - 2'14"

4. Up on the Bridge - 4'38"

5. Sailing North by Day - 5'29"

6. His Master's Voice - 1'36"

7. Return to London - 1'50"

8. The Countryman - 3'05"

9. The Hansom-cab Incident - 2'09"

10. Bohemian Chelsea - 2'07"

11. South London Travel - 3'10"

12. Dora's Pupils - 1'51"

13. The Lizard - 1'13"

14. Ships that Pass - 4'22"

15. Doctor Quick - 1'44"

16. Holiday in Galloway - 2'02"

17. Galloway Games - 3'02"

18. Over the Stile - 4'01"

19. Mapping my Future - 2'45"

20. The Passport - 1'50"

21. The Public Piddler - 2'09"

22. The Secret Agent - 1'34"

23. My Strasburg Welcome - 1'29"

24. Tucking-in to Truffles - 3'51"

25. A Stroll around the City - 3'13"

26 The China Monster - 1'35"

CD#4

1. Max, the Medic - 2'03"

2. Rumblings of War - 3'53"

3. Sealed with Schnapps - 2'35"

4. Bridge over the River Rhine - 1'14"

5. Operation Whiplash - 4'28"

6. Double Entendre - 1'39"

7. The Dancing Lesson - 2'56"

8. Flirtatious Instruction - 2'06"

9. Stomach for Drink - 2'27"

10. Dunkle oder Helle - 1'32"

11. Pass around the Boot - 2'26"

12. Call for a Song - 2'56"

13. The Two Proud Porters - 2'39"

14. A Cartful of Corpses - 4'42"

15 A Mixed Bunch of Germans - 1'54"

16. Patching-up Prussians - 1'43"

17. Operation Opera - 4'04"

18. Rough Passage Home - 2'35"

19. A Letter of Introduction - 2'07"

20. The Hendersons - 1'56"

21. Brigade Briefing - 2'06"

22. I'll go and Enlist - 1'22"

23. Biology before Billiards - 2'04"

24. A Clean Bore - 2'21"

25. Family Concerts - 3'39"

26. Family Tragedy - 3'31"

27. Fellow Students - 2'34"

28. Rookies on Parade - 1'32"

29. Buckingham Palace, eyes Left - 1'36"

CD#5

1. Drummer in Disgrace - 1'48"

2. War on Wimbledon Common - 3'55"

3. Tents pitched at Dover - 3'02"

4. A Military Cocksparrow - 2'43"

5. Way, hay for the Hodden Gray - 2'32"

6. Lament for a Lost Lad - 1'09"

7. A Man called Mister Sharp - 3'51"

8. Miss Ruffle's Purple Quadrille - 1'49"

9. The Car-please Sister - 2'01"

10. Light Fantastic Males - 3'04"

11.Birth of a Brigade - 1'38"

12. To be, or to be? - 3'24"

13. First Steps in Folk - 3'43"

14. Sharp at the Helm - 2'33"

15. The Swordsman's Magic - 1'50"

16. The Dancing Master - 2'33"

17. Sharpites and Nealites - 2'24"

18. Father dies in Bristol (1912) - 2'38"

19. Cartoons in Punch - 1'36"

20. The Unsinkable Sunk - 1'39"

21. Six Feet in my Socks (1912) - 2'11"

22. Lilywhite Boys in Black Houses - 4'08"

23. Missions Compared - 2'12"

24. Pulled in all Directions - 1'33"

25. Lacework Leadership - 1'27"

26. A Heavenly Target - 3'09"

27. For Want of a Man - 1'52"

28. A Private Coaching Job - 4'01"

29. A Thousand Kilted Londoners - 3'25"

CD#6

1. Pink-foot's Secret Boots - 3'09"

2. The Diptherous Host - 1'54"

3. Eyes for the Birds - 3'16"

4. View from the Flank - 3'28"

5. The Killin Kinsman - 2'26"

6. The Last Long Trudge - 1'32"

7. Railworkers join the Miners Strike - 1'56"

8. Coal-black Stevedores - 3'30"

9. Return Packet Home - 1'18"

10. No Rest for the Feet - 2'02"

11. Anyone for Morris? - 2'04"

12. Slope Arms - 2'29"

13.Banks of Green Willow - 2'28"

14. Personable Attractions - 1'47"

15. Multi-coloured Morris - 1'33"

16. A New Dimension - 3'48"

17. Catches in Cornwall - 3'29"

18. Widening the Net - 1'52"

19. George Butterworth & Wilkinson - 1'14"

20. A Steed called Douglas - 1'07"

21. The Matchless Milk Omelette - 1'29"

22. A Saucy Submarine - 3'12"

23. Wilkie buys a Cycle-Car - 3'25"

24. More Oil cried the Smith - 2'32"

25. Clouding-up the King's Road - 3'03"

26. The South Kensington Scene - 2'24"

27. My Imperial Associates - 4'01"

28. Push-ball in Park Lane - 1'26"

29. Professor Farmer's Green Fingers - 2'21"

30. Wild, wild Weeds - 1'22"

31. The Botanical Band - 1'43"

CD#7

1. Economical Bug-hunters - 2'06"

2. The Cambrian Alps - 1'29"

3. Sunset over Snowdon - 1'38"

4. On being Prepared - 2'51"

5. Cwn Glas & Cwm Dyli - 5'00"

6. The Climbing Stone - 2'45"

7. The Glyders & Esgair Felen - 3'54"

8. Nosen Lawen - 2'00"

9. The Summit - 4'11"

10. The Final Descent - 1'59"

11. Cabinet Dancing in Westminster - 2'03"

12. Popping the Question - 1'13"

13. The Karpeles Family - 1'41"

14. Working in Tandem - 1'54"

15. An Adaptable Cadet - 4'10"

16. Student Protesters - 1'30"

17. New Scotland and Amsterdam - 1'19"

18. Teachers to the Test - 2'03"

19. Brains and Bodies - 2'27"

20. The Avon-ville Activists - 1'19"

21. Time is short - 1'19"

22. Strawberries at the Savoy - 2'52"

23. Captivating Commercials - 3'07"

24. Back in the mountains - 1'38"

25. Clouds over the Avon - 1'23"

26. The Last Holiday Together - 2'09"

27. An End of Civvy Street - 1'41"

28. So you want to get married? - 1'35"

29. Stag Night - 2'17"

30. The First of the Casulaties - 2'57"

31. A Provo Posting - 2'49"

32. The Dorking Dynamo - 2'37"

CD#8

1. A Christmas Commission - 2'36"

2. Tunbridge Wells - 1'52"

3. Sharp Statesbound - 1'40"

4. The Saffron Peeling - 1'42"

5. Back-garden Bombs - 3'26"

6. The Draftman's Contract - 1'42"

7. Sanity on the Seine - 3'39"

8. Gidea Park - 1'20"

9. A Disappointed Mother - 3'02"

10. Canadians make it Country Style - 3'14"

11. A Northern Command Posting - 2'37"

12. Bacon at Brigg - 2'15"

13. Bridge over the River Trent - 1'42"

14. A Variety of Vulnerable Points - 1'35"

15. Shell-filling at Selby - 2'02"

16. Tea and Sympathy at The Towers - 3'46"

17. News from Two Fronts - 2'05"

18 Dog-cart Doctors and Dirigibles - 2'14"

19. The Airship Architect - 3'58"

20. The Baroness Baby-sitter - 2'15"

21. An Enemy Agent - 1'42"

22. Air Raid Warnings - 2'13"

23. Meanwhile in America - 1'38"

24. Wilkie's War - 3'04"

25. The Bulletin's Shocking Sting - 4'31"

26. Casualties beyond Belief - 4'05"

27. Letters from America - 4'07"

28. The Trousers-down Brigade - 3'39"

29. Summoned to Headquarters - 3'43"

30. A Boy born in Bayswater - 2'20"

CD#9

1. Young Yorkers Settling-In - 2'27"

2. Dancing behind the Lines - 4'03"

3. Medicine for the Shell-shocked - 3'18"

4. The Final Push (1918) - 3'09"

5. Local Explosions - 2'13"

6. Father Figures - 3'53"

7. Office Work - 2'13"

8. Theatres of War - 3'44"

9. The End in Sight - 2'21"

10. Peace at last but in flew Enza - 1'24"

11. Returns and Reunions - 1'16"

12. Out of Uniform - 2'12"

13. The American Harvesters - 3'00"

14. Return to Imperial College - 1'44"

15. The Three Musketeers - 2'08"

16. The Insect Play - 4'08"

17. Debugging the Girls - 5'56"

18. Back among the Spagnum - 2'37"

19. An Unexpected Job Offer - 1'51"

20. Back at York in Flannels - 3'13"

21. His Majesty's Inspectors - 1'33"

22. Feeding Time at the Zoo - 1'52"

23. A load of Snakes and Spiders - 3'49"

24. A Royal Party in the Park - 4'27"

25. Sorting out the Staff - 4'41"

26. The Missing Males - 2'29"

27. Too Many Directives - 2'19"

CD#10

1. The Singing Seals - 2'28"

2. Picking up the Threads - 1'55"

3. The Chelsea Physic Garden - 3'34"

4. The Bull-nose Morris Cowley - 2'05"

5. The Call of the Cotswolds - 2'22"

6. Dancing with Horns - 7'22"

7. Give us room to rhyme - 2'14"

8. College Contemporaries - 3'25"

9. Musical Converts - 2'00"

10. Balancing the Books - 3'52"

11. Girls Scream at Boots - 1'28"

12. College Goings-on - 5'48"

13. A Regiment of Women - 2'50"

14. The Travelling Morrice - 2'36"

15. How they get hooked - 3'12"

16. Leftish Letters - 4'42"

17. A Brand New Home - 3'25"

18. Students, Natural and Literal - 5'02"

19. Do-it-yourself Wireless - 1'48"

20. Grainger's Country Garden - 1'10"

21. The Reaper's Time - 3'24"

22. The Holly Tree - 1'48"

23. The Oppé Shut-down - 3'15"

24. The Tree bears Branches - 3'51"

25. Disciples in all Quarters - 2'45"

CD#11

1. Garden Festivals - 2'48"

2. Native American Branches - 3'54"

3. An Architectural Appeal - 2'04"

4. Changing Occupations - 2'12"

5. Talking on Air - 1'52"

6. The All-England Festival - 3'03"

7. European Exchanges - 3'09"

8. Annual Attractions - 2'56"

9. Notes of Dissension - 2'47"

10. Out on Strike - 2'46"

11. Performing Troupers - 3'12"

12. Lowlands Folklore - 2'26"

13. View from the Pantry - 1'33"

14. A shop-soiled Tin L:izzie - 1'40"

15. Passage to America - 3'49"

16. A Wondrous New World - 1'50"

17. Our Fairy Godmother - 3'34"

18. English as a Foreihn Language - 3'17"

19. Don't Look Down - 4'27"

20. The Lovely White Empress - 2'43"

21. Send me to School, Daddy - 6'32"

22. Des Arts Populaires - 1'40"

23. Saski-Naski Basques - 6'08"

24. A Major galops in - 4'42"

25. A Site of Land - 2'10"

26. An Unstoppable Faucet - 2'28"

CD#12 (1929)

1. A la Table d'Hôte - 2'25"

2. Co-operation Intellectuale - 5'56"

3. A Pond among the Pines - 3'09"

4. The Trans-Canadian Troupe - 3'29"

5. Boston Symphony Hall - 1'47"

6. Carnegie in the Crash - 1'55"

7. The Missing Sex - 1'44"

8. Our Own Railroad - 2'19"

9. Toronto - 2'19"

10. Regina and Yorkton - 2'58"

11. The Rockies - 2'55"

12. Vancouver at last - 2'32"

13. Final Victory at Victoria - 2'07"

14. Cecil Sharp's House - 2'00"

15. A Shaw Footing - 1'22"

16. New Found Song - 2'25"

17. Little Ballets - 2'21"

18. Rival English Camps - 3'07"

19. The New Building - 3'23"

20. Royal Relations - 2'46"

21. Amalgamation - 3'23"

22. A Birthday Party - 3'20"

23. Spreading Ourselves - 2'55"

24. Horn-dancing in Finland - 3'23"

25. The Art ofr Unbuttonment - 1'46"

26. Basque Txistoularis - 3'29"

27. Masculine Morris - 3'49"

28.A Ring of Clubs - 2'11"

CD#13. The beginning of the End (1935)

1. International Festival Preparations - 3'21"

2. Ambassadorial Assistance - 3'31"

3. On Choosing a Public School - 1'42"

4. The Pyjama Game - 1'39"

5. Buying a Barge - 5'13"

6. Edinburgh goes English - 2'29"

7. The Sounds of Summer - 4'23"

8. Reflections on Directions - 3'35"

9. The Great International Event - 2'37"

10. The Romanian Rodeo - 1'51"

11. The Flutter of Flags - 33'04"

12. Final Festivities - 1'53"

13. Massed Movements - 1'31"

14. Ney and the Nazis - 1'48"