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Description: | This photograph was taken in 1949 at a concert organised by the Alnwick Branch of the Northumbrian Pipers Society. The concert was highly successful and was the forerunner of the present annual 'Alnwick Gathering', for a long time one of the highlights of the piping year. Pictured from left to right are - Philip Foreman, John Armstrong, Billy Pigg, Gordon Drummond, W. Robson, B. Clough and Tommy Breckons.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:M0504100 | Go to resource |
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