Ian’s Blog 10th November 2024

 Ian’s Blog 10th November 2024

On Monday I took my car over to Edginswell on the outskirts of Shiphay, Torquay for the annual service. I can remember when there were fields there rather than the site of the Eden Vauxhall. 

On the way home I decided to visit the reference section of Torquay library to see if there were any books that mentioned the church in Coldridge. I was rather surprised to find quite a few pages in some of the books about Devon churches. Most of it is already known to the Coldridge section of Philippa Langley’s missing princes team. I made a note of the following:-

1) Church restoration dates of 1877 and 1897. The 1877 date is in the Mike Salter book and both dates are quoted on p 274 of a book by WG Hoskins.

2) Some 15th century glass smashed recently by Wanton boys mentioned in a book by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner on page 372. I don't think I have come across this before? I wonder if the boys were prosecuted and if there is a record of the date somewhere? Could Bridget Cherry be the mother of Martin Cherry who was one of the authors of an article in the Journal of stained glass about Edward V and Sir John Evans.

3) Map of the Devon hundreds.

4) I found a list of the Bishops of Crediton and Exeter.This might be useful for the Bishops of Exeter file on Coldridge in the Devon heritage centre.

5) Parclose Screen similar in style to those found in Brittany mentioned on page 48 of a book called Churches and Their Furnishings. This is mentioned in the Martin Cherry stained glass article which I mentioned in a previous paragraph in this week’s blog.

I found a couple of books which were the diaries of old Devon antiquarians but I couldn't find any reference to Coldridge. There might be other books which do provide some additional useful information. I will be visiting Exeter later this month and will endeavour to visit Exeter library to look through their books. It might also be worth contacting some local museums. I believe that Torquay museum has some old books on Devon. Also my friend Rosalind has told me that she might be able to help with the old handwriting in the Bishops of Exeter file on Coldridge in the Devon heritage centre.

Here is a link to the song that I composed with John Dike about the mystery of Sir John Evans and Edward V which features some video footage of Coldridge:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVsqR26RqO4&t=123s

Ian’s Blog 3rd November 2024

 Ian’s Blog 3rd November 2024

A few days ago I had an email from Graham Moores who has agreed to help me with the artwork for another album cover. Unfortunately there has been a delay with him helping me with this as he has recently been ill with Covid. The proposed title of the new album is ‘The Further Adventure Of’ and Graham says that he will see if he can make the album cover look like a postage stamp as one of the songs is about my stamp collecting hobby.

Here is a link to the song which features photos of some of my stamps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uohuJ1PyApY

The Philatelist

I've been to Paris I've been to Rome

With postage stamps in my home

I've flown to Oslo and Stockholm

In my stamp album that I own

I've travelled to Brussels and Cologne

With my stamp album in my home

I've seen the Archduke Ferdinand

On the stamp of a foreign land

In the days before I went abroad

But these old old stamps I could afford

Some of the stamps that I love the best

Are the older ones I must confess

Biplanes drawn in the sky

And back in time I could fly

With history in front on me

And learning lots of geography

I've seen the Archduke Ferdinand

He was assassinated so I understand

This led to the first world war

Catastrophe and so much more

Postal history philately

Fond memories of my hobby

I've been to Paris I've been to Rome

With postage stamps in my home

I've flown to Oslo and Stockholm

In my stamp album that I own

I've travelled to Brussels and Cologne

With my stamp album in my home

Ian’s Blog 27th October 2024

 Ian’s Blog 27th October 2024

On the 13th October one of my traditional song recordings was played on the Brum Radio Alternative Roots show with Mike Davies. You can hear it at about 47 minutes into the show. Here is a link to the show and in chronological order the list of songs and tracks which were played:-

www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/alternative-roots-with-mike-davies-13102024/

Ellie Gowers - Love In A Park (On A Sunday Afternoon)

Mary Lee Kortes – Born A Happy Girl

Bryony Williams - You Are Here

Peter Sarstedt - Beirut

Catch The Rain  - Catch The Rain

Mary Lee Kortes – Fingernail Moon

Jake Aaron - Watery Moon

Daria Kulesh - Sea To Skye

Luas  -  White Hare

Lowri Evans - Saddle  Up

Janet Devlin – Red Flag

Dotts  O’Connor - What Good Are My Tears To You

Joshua Burnside – Marching Round The Ladies

Mary Lee Kortes - Well By The Water

The Legendary Ten Seconds – My Grandfather’s Clock

Stick In the Wheel - The Cramp

Little Lore – This Building Is Condemned

Red Sky July – Stones & Brambles

Hailey Benedict -  Things My Mama Says

Grayson Capps – Early Morning Rain

Ray Cooper – Falling Like Thunder

Mary Lee Kortes -  A Greater Good

Fairport Convention – The Happy Man

Matt Owens  and Mississippi MacDonald - One Trick Pony

A Tale Of Two – Devil Did The Deed

Jesse Terry - Native Child

Raven Reid – A Johnny Cash Night

Ruby Kelly – St Elmo

Jenny Burtis - Future Homemakers Of America

Angeline Morrison – Quiver in The Heart

Mary Lee Kortes - Green Sand

Kiely Connell  - Damn Hands

Scott McLatchy - Don’t Tell Mum

Brad Strang – Horses And Dogs

Mary Lee Kortes - Will Anybody Know That I Was Here?

Broken David - When You Haven’t Done Well

Ian’s Blog 16th October 2024

This would normally be posted on a Sunday but I am away on holiday in Madeira for 10 days from tomorrow so I have decided to put this onto my blog today.

My version of a traditional hymn was included on this radio show:-

https://www.mixcloud.com/ianfreedman18/the-readifolk-radio-show-18th-of-october-2024/

You can hear it at about 54 minutes into the show.

Ian’s Blog 15th October 2024

 CKMS 102.7 radio Waterloo played one of my recordings on a show earlier this month and following that was a song called How Our Garden’s Grown by Phil Swann and Jules Jones. Here is a link to the radio show and you can hear our songs at about 52 minutes into the show:-

https://radiowaterloo.ca/new-music-added-to-libretime-horizon-broadening-hour-47/.

Ian’s Blog 13th October 2024

 I have recorded some more traditional songs. I did send the music projects to Lord Zarquon but I think it went into his when bored folder. He has been helping with the recordings  of the Legendary Ten Seconds for more than 10 years now and he has obviously got the patience of a saint to be able to cope with so many of my songs! Also he is very busy with recording another Prophets of Zarquon album. I know that these traditional songs would sound better with his help but despite this the songs have had a favourable review:- 

https://folking.com/the-legendary-ten-seconds-folk-mellotronica-own-label/

Ian’s Blog 6th October 2024

 On Wednesday afternoon. I gave a talk about Richard III and sang some of my Ricardian songs for the Shiphay ladies club. This was at St Andrew’s methodist church in Shiphay. This brought back memories of when I used to go to a chess club in the early 1970s which was at that church. The chess club was in the room which has the big round window just above the main entrance. Also the church is opposite my first school which I attended in the 1960s.