A source page for the Essex Record Office interview with Annie Harding, recorded on 24 September 1999. The catalogue describes her discovery of Chelmsford Folk Club in the early 1970s, her singing, Morris dancing and involvement with Chelmsford Folk Weekends.
Reference: SA 30/7/1/16/1
Interview: Annie Harding, interviewed by Sue Cubbin on 24 September 1999.
Extent: 1 hour 8 minutes 55 seconds; three MP3 files are described as digital copies of the original cassettes.
The interview records Annie Harding discovering Chelmsford Folk Club, singing there and learning repertoire from folk-club singers. It also records her regular visits to Chelmsford, Brentwood, Havering and Blackmore Folk Clubs in the 1970s.
The catalogue records Annie Harding discussing Chelmsford Folk Weekends in the late 1970s, including the feast and ceilidh, and the relationship between the weekend and National Folk Day.
The interview covers Blackmore Morris, women's Morris, Thaxted, singing in pubs and the changing relationship between folk clubs and sessions.
Annie Harding is also named in the catalogue for SA 30/6/428/1, the 7 November 1982 Chelmsford Folk Club recording. That catalogue describes floor singers introduced by Mick Graves, including Annie Harding singing Reynardine, followed by Chelmsford Morris celebrating its tenth anniversary.
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The interview was recorded in 1999 and contains Annie Harding's recollections and discussion. The archive preserves the interview as a source in its own right.
SA 30/6/428/1 is a separate 1982 sound-recording catalogue entry. The two sources can be connected because both name Annie Harding, but neither source is rewritten to make the other more certain.