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Description: | This is perhaps the earliest photograph in the FARNE archive and was taken in the mid nineteenth century, sometime before the subjects death in 1860. It is taken from a glass plate and pictures piper William Green. Green was appointed as piper to the Duchess of Northumberland in 1806 and held the office until 1849. He was the owner and landlord of the Seven Stars at Morpeth and was a pipe-major in the British Army. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars, and according to W.A. Cocks in the American War of 1812. He was succeeded as piper to the Duchess by his son, William Thomas Green, in 1849 and died in 1860.The photograph is taken from the W.A. Cocks Collection. W.A. Cocks not only collected and played pipes, but also made them. He helped to produce the first ever book of plans for making Northumbrian pipes and researched extensively into the history of the pipes in the region. His collection of pipes is now housed at Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum, along with several volumes of photographs taken and collected by Cocks. The photographs, along with others held at Northumberland Record Office and elsewhere, act as a rare visual archive to the history of piping in the region. The photographs date back to as early as the mid 19th century, although most were taken between 1920-1950, and show piping greats such as Jack Armstrong, Tom Clough, Joe Hutton and many more in their hey-day. ; Photographs taken and collected by William Alfred Cox | Rights holder: | rights holder : Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum | Subjects: | pipers & musicians & pipes | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:M0502800 | Go to resource |
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