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Description: | Song about the opening of the railway linking Newcastle to North Shields in 1839.This song forms part of a selection of songs from a volume of broadsheets collected by John Bell and known as The Bell/White 13 collection. The volume is held at Newcastle University and contains material printed from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century. The book appears to have passed from Bell to local composer Thomas Wilson some time in the early 19th century, probably after Bell's collections were auctioned following his bankruptcy. A note at the front of the collection in the hand of Wilson's daughter, reveals that it was then donated to local song collector Robert White (1862). Although it is possible that some additions to the volume may have been made by Robert White, it is more likely that Bell himself was responsible for the compilation of the entire volume.This collection is one of a number of volumes of local song collected by John Bell. There appears to be no pattern or method to Bell's selection of the material, other than his genuine interest in all things regional. The material covers a broad spectrum of subjects, from political, historical and biographical songs to crimes and criminals, odd characters and strange events.It is to John Bell in particular that we owe much of the wealth of collected material available in the North East. A voracious collector of all things and books in particular, Bell amassed a huge collection of broadsheets, chap books and notated songs throughout his life. Unfortunately in 1856 Bell was bankrupted, forcing him to sell Bell/White 2, along with a number of other items, to book collector Robert White. Many of these volumes were eventually donated to Newcastle University Special Collections where they are now housed. ; Song sheets collected by John Bell | Publisher: | unknown Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | Railways Transport | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N4100005 | Go to resource |
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