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Northumberland Small-Piping in North Shields

A Local History of the Pipes, the Players and their Music to the end of the 19th Century

  • Introduction
    • North Shields – the place
  • J W Fenwick and his Collection
    • Contents of J W Fenwick’s Collection
    • Shields Dance Tunes in Fenwick
    • John Peacock and his influence
  • North Shields Pipers
    • Robert Reid – two generations
    • James Reid and Elizabeth Oliver
    • Thomas and Robert Bewick
    • Who knew whom – when and where?
    • Piping in North Shields after c.1900
  • Minstrels’ Gallery
    • The Reid Family Repertoire
  • Northumbrian Small Pipes Society
  • Oddments, Curiosities & Loose Ends
  • Sources, References & Acknowledgements
  • About this site
Northumberland Small-Piping in North Shields

July 2016 updates

Typographical errors corrected, and some phraseology amended to avoid ambiguities or clarify information.

New information added about G. G. Armstrong, on the page “J W Fenwick and his Collection”.

Additional information added to the page “Thomas and Robert Bewick”.

Illustrations of source material added to several pages.

Author adminPosted on August 22, 2016

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  • Introduction
    • North Shields – the place
  • J W Fenwick and his Collection
    • Shields Dance Tunes in Fenwick
    • Contents of J W Fenwick’s Collection
    • John Peacock and his influence
  • Minstrels’ Gallery
    • The Reid Family Repertoire
  • North Shields Pipers
    • Robert Reid – two generations
    • James Reid and Elizabeth Oliver
    • Thomas and Robert Bewick
    • Who knew whom – when and where?
    • Piping in North Shields after c.1900
  • Northumbrian Small Pipes Society
  • Oddments, Curiosities & Loose Ends
  • Sources, References & Acknowledgements
  • About this site

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    • Introduction
      • North Shields – the place
    • J W Fenwick and his Collection
      • Contents of J W Fenwick’s Collection
      • Shields Dance Tunes in Fenwick
      • John Peacock and his influence
    • North Shields Pipers
      • Robert Reid – two generations
      • James Reid and Elizabeth Oliver
      • Thomas and Robert Bewick
      • Who knew whom – when and where?
      • Piping in North Shields after c.1900
    • Minstrels’ Gallery
      • The Reid Family Repertoire
    • Northumbrian Small Pipes Society
    • Oddments, Curiosities & Loose Ends
    • Sources, References & Acknowledgements
    • About this site
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