Verbena Daphne Brighton in Gissing village, Norfolk
from Nuts in May: memories of care-free days, pages 122-123:
[Uncle George—‘Shindy Cooper’—was the Gissing village shoemaker]
He was such a happy man and would sit hammering away, his mouth full of nails, and never miss a hit, or else, when his mouth was empty, singing “Dispoaor [word unclear = 'Disposer'?] Supreme”—and then look up to see those faces peering over the door. “Hello Hello, Lordy, Lordy, look whose here, oll Collie’s gals, come on in!” (My father was known as ‘Collie Brighton’).
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Verbena Daphne Brighton, Nuts in May: memories of care-free days. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:104, p. 122-123. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1531757804178 accessed: 7 February, 2025
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'Disposer Supreme'
written by William Croft, William Croft |
performed by Shindy Cooper |
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:16:44 +0100
Approved on Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:17:03 +0100