Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's Billie Richardson the West country Comedian performing "Gooseberry Tart" from a 78 rpm shellac record
Here's Billie Richardson the West country Comedian performing "Gooseberry Tart" from a 78 rpm shellac record





![Wont You Buy My Pretty .flowers ? Sung By Richard Hayward Rare 78 rpm
Heres Wont You Buy My Pretty .flowers ? Sung By Richard Hayward from a rare 78 rpm
Born in Southport, Lancashire, Richard Hayward was an enthusiast for all Ulster regional popular culture. He was a member of the Orange Order, to which he dedicated much time. After a period working at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin he helped form the Belfast Repertory Theatre Company. He was a popular singer in the forties and fifties.[2] His career meant he lived a typical theatrical lifestyle being constantly on the move.
Death Edit
He died due to a road accident outside Ballymena, in October 1964. Wont You Buy My Pretty .flowers ? Sung By Richard Hayward Rare 78 rpm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kv3W3XSP9CQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![O eyes, O mortal stars - Come, my Celia Sung By John Goss Diana Poulton Lute Rare 78 rpm
Heres ,O eyes, O mortal stars - Come, my Celia Sung By John Goss Diana Poulton Lute from a 78 rpm shellac record released in 1928.
The first recordings of the lute appeared in 1927, featuring the lutanist Diana Poulton and John Goss in a performance of “Flow not so fast ye fountains.
Diana Poulton, also known as Edith Eleanor Diana Chloe Poulton (18 April 1903, Storington – 15 December 1995, Heyshott)[1] was an English lutenist and musicologist.[2]
From 1919 through 1923 she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.[3] She was a pupil of Arnold Dolmetsch (1922–5) and became a leading member of the early music revival.[3] She played a key role in the revival of the popularity of the lute and its music. She was married to the illustrator Tom Poulton. O eyes, O mortal stars - Come, my Celia Sung By John Goss Diana Poulton Lute Rare 78 rpm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kzqBM7EB-G4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Somerset The British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.
Heres Somerset The British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.
The British Drama League was established in 1919 to promote amateur and professional theatre in England, with a head office based at Fitzroy Square, London. It was founded by Geoffrey Whitworth. Its work included pursuing the creation of the National Theatre, offering library and research services, founded the journal Drama in 1919, and encouraging the introduction of drama into the national curriculum.[1] Its name was changed to the British Theatre Association in 1972.[2] The Association was disbanded in 1990, due to financial pressures. Play scripts held in its archive are now in the possession of the Theatre Museum, London Somerset The British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYbtRX6izK0/mqdefault.jpg)


