#doc rowe

[quatermasspitt]

The Hoodening Horse. From the collection of Doc Rowe.

[the-october-country]

Cheese-rolling, straw bears and weird rituals galore: one man’s mission to record all of British folklore

A treasure trove devoted to folk traditions has been amassed by one man. Now a campaign hopes to give it a proper home

“There’s a theory that the British love folk horror because we were the first country to industrialise, so we are most disconnected from our agrarian roots.”

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“It was my skeleton in the closet that I came from a morris dancing Mecca but, through bonding with the multicultural friends I met in London, I was able to look at my English heritage in a new way. I saw it not as a cul de sac of culture but how it connected to broader customs.”

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'Though Curry was born in London, both his parents are immigrants. He sees folklore as a way of connecting to the land. “I need to find a way to identify with this place I’m from. It’s also part of a story of environmentalism, the land rights movement and, fundamentally, community. Something Doc feels strongly is that there is no distinction between the Notting Hill Carnival, say, and some intimate local festival you can trace back through the centuries. It’s about people celebrating their here and now.”'

[folkhorrorrevival]

Winter Ghosts 2021 :Wyrms I

Winter Ghosts 2021 :Wyrms I

Whisht! Lads, haad yor gobs,An' Aa'll tell ye 'boot the wyrms ... On the weekend of 27th & 28th November 2021 Folk Horror Revival are proud to present Winter Ghosts 2021 ~ a veritable feast of Cryptid inspired wonders at Whitby North Yorkshire. On Saturday 27th 2021 the Metropolitan Ballroom (The Met) will present a fantastic mixture of Talks and Live Music. Whilst on Sunday 28th 2021, there…

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[sarahthecoat]

delightful program about Doc Rowe and his decades of recording of the folk traditions of the people of Britain.

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Same Time, Same Place, Next Year

Malcolm Taylor explores the work of folk archivist Doc Rowe recording traditional events.

[merelygifted]

Unleash the Burryman! Britain's weirdest folk rituals | Stage | The Guardian