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Description: | In this photograph we see piper Edward Merrick pictured with the famous Peacock-Dunn pipes. Edward, together with W.A. Cocks and G.V.B. Charlton, helped to revive piping competitions in Newcastle at the North of England Musical Tournament, and at agricultural and other shows in the county. Manuscript notes in the hand of W.A. Cocks reveal that the pipes were presented to John Dunn by the Duke of Northumberland who purchased them from a relative of famous pipe maker John Peacock. The second picture shows John Dunn pictured with the pipes around 1845.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=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:M0505300 | Go to resource |
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