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Tom Hendrix’s Wall
Te-lah-nay's Wall - Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall We, Milton Hide (Jim and Jo) were lucky...
Rushlake Green Art Show and Flower Show – 1950 to 2024 One Family’s Involvement
Sent in by Shirley Austin Ivon Austin moved to Hunton’s Farm in 1945 after the war and married...
Dartford Crossing
Written a s a suggestion for a song inspiration in our Audience Book at Colindale Barnet Folk Club...
Dick Turpin in Enfield
Written in our Audience Book, Colindale Barnet Folk Club, July 2024. “The Rose and Crown in...
Liquid Gold
Liquid gold - Claire and Jade’s Song Writing idea Possible Title of song “Liquid Gold” Due to...
Torn between 2 countries
I lived 20 years in New Zealand, was brought up in the UK. When i'm in one I long for the other....
Walter Murray
Walter Murray - Naturalist, Horam headmaster, Radio presenter and journalist. READ MORE: Walter...
Lindisfarne
The Viking attack on Lindisfarne. JS - Crowborough U3A, 15/2/24...
The Rebel Jack Cade
A rebellion in 1450, led by Jack Cade ("Captain of Kent")marched on London to force the government...
The Mackintosh Rebellion – Eastbourne
In 1929, Eastbourne was pretty much the last seaside resort to incur charges on the beach for...
The Long Man
I love history and archaeology so a song about the 'Long man of Wilmington' would be good ...
Skeletons
The two skeletons in the well - Old Curiosity Shop, Broadstairs. Anon Broadstairs Folk Week 2023...
Scallop
I would love to hear a song about Maggie Hambling's Scallop Sculpture on Aldeburgh beach. Andrew...
Royal Connections
My Mum and uncle used to play with Charles and Anne on the beach outside the Queen Mother's...
Picasso at Chiddingly
Farleys House at Chiddingly is known as the home of the surrealists. Pablo Picasso stayed in 1950...
Old Man Of Coniston
Across the estuary from Arnside - you have your backs to it as you play now - is the Old Man of...
Oasthouse
I've lived in East Sussex (Isfield) all my life and never heard anyone write a song about an...
Northeye
The ancient village of Northeye on Pevensey Marsh. Graeme Keane of WDC has stories. Anon Summer...
Mussel Picking
Mussel picking on the welsh sound Read:...
Lincolnshire Fens
From Brancaster to Boston - found a foreign town in the Lincolnshire Fens Boston:...
KESR
The train ride on the KESR from Tenterden to Bodiam. using steam train rhythms. From Bob the...
Hop Pickers
As this is a fabulous converted oasthouse, perhaps a story of families hop picking through the...
Hester’s Way
Hester's Way (Cheltenham) Story in the press in 1960s that Hester was a witch and her ghost can...
Cheese Rolling
Song subject suggestion in Milton Hide audience book: Cheese rolling at Coopers hill. Anon...
Brixham Angels
The story of the Brixham Angels - a storm at sea, fires lit by families on the beach to guide the...
Belle Tout
Suggestion for song inspiration Summer Trifle 2023: Coastal erosion, Seaford river moved to...
Nutley Windmill
'Nutley Windmill is a grade II* listed[1] open trestle post mill at Nutley, East Sussex, England...
Milton Hide are singer-songwriters Jim and Josie Tipler.
Their songs are story based and they have been touring the UK with their Audience Book to gather new song inspirations. They are now working on “Your Stories In Song” with the Summer Trifle group, gathering stories in Wealden – a project funded by the National Lottery.
Local legends, characters, landscape features – any story you have to share and that might be immortalised as a story in song is welcome.
Once the songs are written, the duo intend to do a return tour. The hope is that artists, musicians and writers will also create new works based on the stories stored in the archive below.
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