A one-day event exploring aspects of street literature and popular print traditions.

26th February 2011   Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 2AY

Organised jointly by the English Folk Dance & Song Society and the Traditional Song Forum.

£10.00 (£8 for EFDSS and TSF members)

Contact: To book a place – 0207 485 2206; other enquiries: Steve Roud on sroud@btinternet.com or 01825 766751

Program:
10.00  Welcome

10.15 Steve Gardham
Where’s that Song from? the Historical Links between Popular Song, Street Literature and Oral Tradition

11.00 Ewan MacVicar
The Eskimo Republic: Scottish Political Song on Broadsides and Song Sheets from 1705 to 1965

12.00 Gregg Butler
John Harkness, Preston printer (Work in progress)

12.30 Lucie Skeaping
Have I Got News For Thee!: Broadside Ballads of 17th Century England

1.30 – 2.30  Lunch

2.30 Roy Palmer
In Moor Street was a Printer: Aspects of the Ballad Tradition in Birmingham

3.15 John Hinks
Chapbook Bibliography Project (Work in progress)

Pete Wood
Newcastle broadsides & chapbooks (Work in progress)

4.00 Vic Gammon
The Street Ballad Singer in Pre- and Early-Industrial Society

5.00 end of session