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Description: | George Ridley, was born in Gateshead on 10th February, 1835. Perhaps the most well known of Tyneside composers, Ridley began his working life in a local pit, before moving to Messrs. Hawks, Crawshay and Co. After a near fatal accident prevented Ridley from carrying out any further manual work, he turned to performing as a means of support. Beginning his singing career at the Grainger Music Hall, Ridley went on to great success writing and performing his own songs such as 'Joey Jones' and 'Johnny Luik-Up the bellman'. Having never fully recovered from the injuries sustained at Hawks, Ridley's career was brief and after a short illness died aged thirty years on 9th September, 1864.This small songbook was published by Thomas Allan in the mid nineteenth century. Containing by far the most well known of Ridley's songs, Blaydon Races, the book includes only seven songs in all. This is nevertheless an important collection and an opportunity to view one of only a handful of original Ridley songbooks left in existence. ; Small book of songs by famous local composer Geordie Ridley | Publisher: | T. Allan Dean Street, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Tyne and Wear Archives | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:T0200000 | Go to resource |
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