Henry Burstow in Horsham - 1904

from Reminiscences of Horsham, pages 109-110:

The most important public occasion I ever sang at was the Recreation Silver Band Concert on Thursday, the 12th March, 1908, at the King's Head Assembly Room, and I felt and still feel proud of the most intent and appreciative reception given me by that densely crowded room of people, the largest audience I ever sang to. In 1892-3 I lent my list of songs to Miss Lucy E. Broadwood (later Hon. Secretary and Editor to the Folk Song Society), and sang to her a large number of them, which she noted. Miss Broadwood left her old home, "Lyne," near Horsham, in 1893, and some eleven years later …   more >>
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Henry Burstow, Reminiscences of Horsham (Horsham, September, 1911), p. 109-110. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432909062642 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Horsham

Listeners

Henry Burstow
Bellringer, Shoemaker
1826-1916

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folk songs performed by Henry Burstow

Experience Information

Date/Time 1904
Medium playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by mallen on Fri, 29 May 2015 15:17:42 +0100