Repeated people
Some names recur across different nights. Those repetitions are useful research leads, but they should not be treated as proof of a regular booking or a complete performance history without further evidence.
Evidence relationships
Folk Club People & Performance Network
A relationship view of people, groups and performances named in surviving Chelmsford Folk Club recording descriptions. It is deliberately source-led: a name appears here because an identified archive or Record Office publication names that person or group in connection with a recording. It is not a reconstructed complete artist roster.
How to use this page: start with a person or group, then follow the recording reference to the underlying catalogue or research source. The network records who is named in the surviving evidence; it does not turn every named person into a confirmed standalone gig record. The Essex Record Office says Jim Etheridge recorded almost every Chelmsford Folk Club between 1978 and 1986, often capturing the whole evening. Essex Record Office collection guide.
Search the network
| Name / group | Role in source | Date | Archive reference | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mick and Sarah Graves | Named performers | 18 Jul 1982 | SA 30/6/402/1 | Catalogue |
| Geoff and Penny Harris | Named performers | 18 Jul 1982 | SA 30/6/402/1 | Catalogue |
| Martin Carthy | Featured performer | 17 Oct 1982 | SA 30/6/425/1 | Catalogue |
| Colin Cater | Introduction / compère | 17 Oct 1982 | SA 30/6/425/1 | Catalogue |
| Annie Harding | Floor singer | 7 Nov 1982 | SA 30/6/428/1 | Catalogue |
| Mick Graves | Introduces floor singers | 7 Nov 1982 | SA 30/6/428/1 | Catalogue |
| Chelmsford Morris | Dance group; 10th anniversary material | 7 Nov 1982 | SA 30/6/428/1 | Catalogue |
| Blackmore Morris | Dance group named in collection guide | 1983 | SA 30/6/478/1 | Dance guide |
| Sam Bond | Compère | 3 Mar 1985 | SA 30/6/653/1 | Catalogue |
| Popular Wobblies | Floor singers / performers | 3 Mar 1985 | SA 30/6/653/1 | Catalogue |
| Peter Billing | Floor singer / performer | 3 Mar 1985 | SA 30/6/653/1 | Catalogue |
| Geoff Harris | Floor singer / performer | 3 Mar 1985 | SA 30/6/653/1 | Catalogue |
| Simon Ritchie and Bobbie? | Named performers; source retains question mark | 3 Mar 1985 | SA 30/6/653/1 | Catalogue |
| Steve Morris | Floor singer / performer | 3 Mar 1985 | SA 30/6/653/1 | Catalogue |
| Paul McCann | Performer with East Anglian Dulcimers | 22 Dec 1985 | SA 30/6/712/1 | Record Office article |
| Jill Palmer-Swift | Performer with East Anglian Dulcimers | 22 Dec 1985 | SA 30/6/712/1 | Record Office article |
| East Anglian Dulcimers | Group / performance | 22 Dec 1985 | SA 30/6/712/1 | Record Office article |
| Residents' Band | Introductory music | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Pete Billinge | Singer / performer | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Roger Johnson | Singer / performer | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Countryman's Favour | Performance / group named in catalogue | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Tony Wynn | Singer / performer | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Annie Butcher | Singer / performer | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Seven Straw Braid | Dance group | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
| Phil Heath-Coleman | Tunes / musician | 20 Apr 1986 | SA 30/6/736/1 | Catalogue |
What this network reveals
Different kinds of participation
The surviving descriptions include floor singers, featured performers, compères, dance groups, introductory musicians and named musical groups. The network keeps those roles separate instead of flattening them into one artist list.
Uncertainty stays visible
The 3 March 1985 catalogue describes “Simon Ritchie and Bobbie?” and the question mark is retained here. It is not silently converted into a certain identification.
Collection context
The Essex Record Office's collection guide describes Jim Etheridge's Chelmsford Folk Club recordings as whole-evening documents, including announcements, floor singers, guest spots, applause and other atmosphere. It says there are usually two cassettes per evening and that the wider Jim Etheridge series contains 770 tapes. Essex Record Office collection guide.
The Record Office's published research also connects Chelmsford Folk Club recordings with the wider Essex folk movement, including Simon and Bobbie Ritchie, Annie Harding, Jill Palmer-Swift and Seven Straw Braid. Essex Record Office research article.
Related pages
Folk Club CollectionDated Record DetailsVerification Guide — the recording-evidence index.
External Archive Sources — wider external archive research.
Archive Questions — unresolved source discrepancies and research questions.