Folk Songs of the South Downs and Weald with Chris Hare

There was a time when everyone would have been singing - at work, at home, and in the pub. There were songs for harvest, sheep-shearing, and the holy days of the year. Singing brought people together and cemented their collective identity. These songs - some of them very ancient - began to decline as England became more industrial and more urban. The process of decline was massively accelerated by the First World War, so that by the 1920s and 30s only the old people were still these singing these folk songs of their ancestors. In this talk Chris will talk about some of these songs of the South Downs and Weald and even sing some of them!  We shall have our usual refreshments and a raffle.

For this evening only there will be a charge.  £1 for members, £3 for non-members.

 

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