Traditional Folk Songs (General)
Dear Readers,
I am keen to buy a CD of traditional Forest of Dean (Or Gloucestershire) folk songs. Preferably sung in the accent of people from Forest of Dean.
Thankyou
Helen
Traditional Folk Songs
by slowhands 
, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, July 11, 2010, 07:29 (5333 days ago) @ unknown
I'll see what I can find , in the meantime you might want to look here http://www.glosfolk.org.uk/index.html or here
http://www.puzzlejug.co.uk/
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Traditional Folk Songs
by steve6975 , Sunday, July 11, 2010, 15:32 (5333 days ago) @ slowhands
Hi there i have a cd called THIS IS THE STORY by Bob Smith it includes tracks about The union mine disaster in the forest and songs about the Men from the forest going to war .Bob smith is a very well known artist in the Forest of dean can send you some tracks if you want to hear steve
Traditional Folk Songs
Dear Steve,
Thankyou, it would be good to hear some samples, how would we do that?
Would this CD be easily available ?
Thanks
Helen
Local Folk Songs
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, July 12, 2010, 09:52 (5332 days ago) @ unknown
http://www.bobsmithmusic.co.uk/music.htm
Forest-Americana "roots rock rebel with a country twang" singer-songwriter Bob Smith
plays the Bailey Inn in Yorkley tomorrow, and the Royal Oak in Whitecroft on Saturday.
Ex-Demob punk singer Bob's politically charged album This Is The Story, which features
a song about the 1902 Union mine disaster in the Forest, was released earlier this year.
..... the Union Mine where 4 miners were drowned in Sept 1902. Water broke into the Union from the old Hopewell Colliery in Fetter Hill (Note: Not the Hopewell Colliery a mile or so away that is now open as a museum). Despite much valiant effort the men could not be saved. The Union had been a reasonably productive pit with main roadways stretching almost 2 miles away from pit bottom however although it did reopen after the flooding it was closed by approx 1916. The site is now cleared and a monument to the dead miners is mounted on the concrete cap over the old shaft.
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Traditional Folk Songs
by ijriddell , Cinderford, Monday, July 12, 2010, 10:53 (5332 days ago) @ slowhands
There is also the Forest of Dean Morris Men site at : http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/forestofdeanmorris/