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Description: | Pictured here we see some of the most influential and celebrated Northumbrian pipers. From left to right - Joe Hutton, W.A. Cocks, Clive Bell, Lance Robson, Gilbert Askew, G.V. Charlton and Tom Clough. Taught by his father and by another famous piper of the day, Thomas Todd, Tom went on to play to audience's throughout the country and was famous for his high speed variations and duets performed with his father, Henry. A biography of the whole Clough family, including tunes from the Clough manuscripts, was published by the Northumbrian Pipers' Society in 2000 and makes a fascinating read ('The Clough Family of Newsham - 200 Years of Piping', by C. Ormston and J. Say).A shepherd all his working life, and the son of a traditional West Northumberland fiddler, Joe Hutton played mainly dance music from preference. He learnt the pipes from G.G. Armstrong, then acquired the magnificent ivory set of pipes made by T. Errington Thompson, won many competitions and played for local dances and concerts, frequently with Will Atkinson and Willy Taylor, amongst many others. He lived at Harbottle in Northumberland. A teacher of pipes, regarded by many as the greatest, with beautiful style.The photograph is taken from the W.A. Cocks Collection. W.A. Cocks (pictured) 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=1900;end=1940; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:M0503500 | Go to resource |
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