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Description: | -The William Alfred Cocks Collection was exhibitied in the Society of Antiquaries in the Black Gate in Newcastle upon Tyne and consisted of about 100 complete sets of bagpipes, a library of 300 books, including some hand-written manuscripts, photographs, personal correspondance and numerous items of ephemera.
The exhibition was on display at the Black Gate for 15 years, during which time Colin Ross became Honorary Curator, suceeding R A S Cowper, but by the mid 1980's, however, the Society was concerned about the upkeep of the collection and it was moved into the restored the medieval Chantry in the centre of Morpeth and the Bagpipe Museum was formally opened in 1987 by HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; the first Curator was Gillian Crawley.
A second collection, of modern bagpipes in playing condition, was comissioned in the early 1900's to complement the historical Cocks bequest. The idea for this collection originated from a commited friend of the museum, who went on to fund the enterprise. The 1991 Collection consists of a dozen sets of high quality instruments fromm around europe.
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