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Gladys Church, whistling Songstress

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pippa

pippa Report 5 Jul 2015 09:09

Chasing valuable video footage from the 1940's of my great grandmother. Would anybody be able to assist with this?

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 5 Jul 2015 09:48

It's something that's rather specialised. Have you contacted the British Film Archive?

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections

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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 5 Jul 2015 11:44

Amazing what you can find on YouTube.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaUYm1PqsWk

:-D

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Jul 2015 18:02

That is awful

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 5 Jul 2015 18:14

Tastes change - its rather charming!

Unfortunately, it doesn't (to 2 mins in) include footage of Gladys.

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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 6 Jul 2015 01:35

you watched... and listened..... to all of it?????? :-0 :-0

:-S

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 6 Jul 2015 08:56

About half ;-)

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BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 6 Jul 2015 09:49

I'm a bit older than a good few of you on these boards and I can remember that sort of thing...there was a bird man as well who used to do a lot of whistling...can't remember his name,but my late OH knew his sound recordist's wife up in Peterhead.

TBH....she was in tune as a lot of some of today's singers are not... :- :-S

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 6 Jul 2015 11:01

Brenda, there was Percy Edwards who did bird impressions and also Ronnie Ronalde who sang and whistled but an even earlier Scottish one that you might be thinking of was Alec Shaw. There is a 1932 video of him on

http://tinyurl.com/n9djewj

Like DetEcTive I thought the Gladys Church one was rather charming though I'd had enough after a couple of minutes

:-D

EDITED to turn long url into a tiny one

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 6 Jul 2015 12:37

I've sent a message to Pippa

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BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 6 Jul 2015 15:24

Vera...that's the one I was thinking of.Percy Edwards..and I well remember Ronnie Ronalde ...that dates us!!!!

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 6 Jul 2015 16:16

was it Percy Edwards who did "In a monastery garden"?

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Andysmum

Andysmum Report 6 Jul 2015 16:41

No, I think that was Ronnie Ronalde. I used to like listening to him.

It might date us, but I prefer the old stuff, when they sang properly, to a lot of the modern pop, when they shout!!

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 6 Jul 2015 20:18

Couldn't agree moreAndys mum!
Can't hear a word they're shouting about these days!

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 6 Jul 2015 22:14

In a Monastery Garden - Ronnie Ronalde - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xllx8vqzrTw

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 13 Jul 2015 10:10

pointless sharing trees Pippa - we have no connection

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