Begin forwarded message:
Date: 20 February 2006 14:20:04
GMT
Subject: Kentish Folk
Music
Dear Dr Allen,
I have recently started a research project at the
Greenwich Maritime Institute
as a post-doctoral researcher. I am to perform an
audit of all primary and
secondary sources available for a potential project
which would examine how
maritime related activities (eg fishing, smuggling,
shipowning, ship building,
river trade, tourism, the Navy etc) shaped local
communities in the south east
of England, namely the Kent and Sussex coast
c.1700-c.1914.
One of the areas I am particularly interested in
revolves around the cultural
aspects of Kent's maritime history, especially in
local sea songs/poems/rhymes,
local customs and superstitions and
dances/entertainment connected to people's
life experience of living on/around the coast.
If you or anyone connected with your group
specialises in Kentish folk songs of
the 18th and 19th centuries I would welcome any
advice or guidance you are able
to provide.
Yours sincerely,
Emma Mahoney
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Emma Mahoney
Research Fellow
Greenwich Maritime Institute
University of Greenwich
Old Royal Naval College
Park Row
London
SE10 9LS
Tel: +44 (0)20-8331 7688
Fax: +44 (0)20-8331 7690