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Description: | 'The Northumbrian Pipers' Society was established in 1928 to promote the indigenous bagpipes of the North-East of England - the Northumbrian Smallpipes and the Half-long or Border pipes. Over the intervening 70 years, the Smallpipes have achieved great popularity, both in their home region, and around the world. The society has a membership of over 600 members worldwide, most of whom own a set of Northumbrian Smallpipes.' This photograph was taken in 1931 at a Society competition. Pictured (from left to right) are - D. Dunn, B. Ward, Margery Bell, G.H. Askew, P.J. Liddell, W. Beckers, R. Douglas, --- Smith, John Armstrong, Henry Clough, J. Stanton, Tom Clough, Tom Clough junior, --- Bell.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=1900;end=1940; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:M0503600 | Go to resource |
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