Ian’s Blog 27th July 2025

A Morris dancing group called Shakespeare Morris recently used a song from my Further Adventures Of album on Tik Tok. The song that they used was composed by myself and Martyn Hilstead and is called The Morris Dancers, This is the link to the website of Shakespeare Morris http://www.shakespearemorris.org.uk/

Ian’s Blog 20th July 2025 We arrived back home in Torquay yesterday evening after our holiday in Yorkshire. We stayed in a small village called Lofthouse. On Monday we visited Rippon and it was interesting to see the tomb of the third Sir Thomas Markenfield who fought for Richard III at the battle of Bosworth. There is a connection to the Markenfield family ( who were based at Markenfield Hall near Rippon ) and the Coldridge investigation. This is in respect of the research about the tomb of John Evans and the Edward V stained glass window in Coldridge. Prior to John Evans being granted a considerable estate in Coldridge this had been given to Robert Markenfield by Richard III in 1484. Robert was the brother of Sir Thomas Markenfield.

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Ian’s Blog 6th July 2025

Today is the anniversary of when Plymouth in Devon was bombed by the German Luftwaffe for the first time. This was on the 6th July 1940. The city was heavily bombed in further raids. The residents would leave the city in a daily exodus to camp out in the countryside to avoid the night time air raids. This is my song about this city during World War Two. https://open.spotify.com/track/582IKgVFnezwOJPnUnl0c4