Does any 'lister' have knowledge of the musical folk of Kingsclere of the 1860s-1920s period? Nora SPARKES [nee HISCOCK] spoke of her father 'Fiddler' Dan HISCOCK [1835-1909] but Bill THUMWOOD did not mention by name the crippled lady of the village who taught him to play the mandolin.

Hello Dorothy Our archive ladies have checked and there is nothing in the archive in Kingsclere. regards Peter G Dorothy Jones wrote: > Does any 'lister' have knowledge of the musical folk of > Kingsclere of the 1860s-1920s period? > > Nora SPARKES [nee HISCOCK] spoke of her father 'Fiddler' Dan > HISCOCK [1835-1909] but Bill THUMWOOD did not mention by > name the crippled lady of the village who taught him to play > the mandolin. > > > > --------------------------------------- > >From Kingsclere. ALL surnames in CAPITAL letter please. Christian name Lawrence surname LAWRENCE. > --------------------------------------- > If you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be unsubscribed, please email eng-hampshire-kingsclere-admin@rootsweb.com > --------------------------------------- > Make sure your Anti Virus Protection is updated and do a weekly backup of your files. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 > http://www.iolo.com > > >

Many thanks for reporting back, Peter. I've been having great fun with oral words in my aural orifices! According to Bill THUMWOOD's reminiscences, the Kingsclere residents made their own entertainment but were also visited by professional entertainers, initially showing short films, interspersed with sleigh bells or hand bells and a "hydro-doctu-laxi-clicker-moniker"[my interpretation after several attempts!]. Having since 'googled' hydro coupled with armonica - see hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica Do the archives hold any posters relating to such events? I'd be very interested to see an image of the instrument brought to Kingsclere. Kind regards. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter L Goff" <peter.goff@btinternet.com> To: <eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [King] Reminiscences of Kingsclere Folk > > Hello Dorothy > > Our archive ladies have checked and there is nothing in > the archive in > Kingsclere. > > regards > Peter G > > Dorothy Jones wrote: >> Does any 'lister' have knowledge of the musical folk of >> Kingsclere of the 1860s-1920s period?