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| Adrian's Fleece | For many years Adrian Ions, with his wife Doreen, ran the Fleece inn in Alnwick and we enjoyed some great music in there. |
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A two-step for my daughter, Alison + optional harmony lines
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| The Alps of Scotland | 1991 - Oct | |||||
| The Belsay Two-Step | 2022 | An inadequate tribute to the talented and inspirational Kathy Anderson from Belsay in Northumberland | ||||
| A Brace of Brunts | 2016 | For two leading members of BorderBox, Eleanor & Bryony Brunt | ||||
| The Chantry Scholars | 2005 | A BorderBox teaching tune | MP3 | |||
| The Coquetvale | 1984-2024 | This tune started life four decades ago to commemorate a band meal in the Coquetvale Hotel, Rothbury some time in the early 1980s. The evening finished with random pop-songs, hence the underlying chord sequence of the B part. | ||||
| Cuddystone Hall | 2010 | Cuddystone Hall in the College Valley - my favourite ceilidh venue in Northumberland | Dots | |||
| Curly Kews | 1973 | Curly Kews is a steep hill in Morpeth. The second tune I ever wrote. Martin Dunn was unnecessarily complimentary so you can blame him for all my later efforts. | ||||
| Dr Robb's Jig | 1997 | |||||
| The Grassfield Jig | 1982 | For Phil & Maureen Murray, Grassfield Cottages, Nenthead | Dots | |||
| 2010 - July | A jig to commemorate my neighbour Michael Inkster's very impressive new garden wall | |||||
| 2010 - March | For my youngest grandson | |||||
| 1980s | A jig written in the early 1980s when I played in Jimmy Irvine's band, The Harvesters, along with Matty Scott, Jimmy Boyles and Joe MacNabola | |||||
| Jane Northumberland's Fancy | 2002 | Written, as part of a set of three tunes, for the formal opening of The Alnwick Garden on 9th April 2002, The other two tunes are "The Alnwick Garden" and "Ian August's Allotment". |
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| 2025 - March | Written for the John Bull Inn in Howick Street, Alnwick, the location of many wonderful Monday evening music sessions. |
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| Julia's Loaf | 1980 | Written to mark my daughter's first step in becoming a superb baker | Dots | |||
| The Killingworth Sword Dancers | 2025 | Great times in the 1970s with the KSD have led to lifelong friendships | Dots | Youtube | ||
| The Leader | 1983 | For David Normanton, the "Leader" of Stanley Accrington & The Third Division North | Dots | |||
| Little Roger | 1980s | For Roger Burns, the Killingworth Sword Dancer, Betty, Caller, Priest and friend | Dots | |||
| Old Year's Night | 1984 | "Old Year's Night" is the Northumbrian name for New Year's Eve or Hogmanay. | Dots | |||
| The Pack Horse Inn | 2005 | Many great evenings have been spent in our local pub in Ellingham | Dots | |||
| Miss Rebecca Luckley | 1984 | Written for Dot & Stu Luckley's new daughter born on the 8th of April, 1984 | Dots | |||
| The Snows in Alnwick | 2010 | For Caroline and Stuart Snow who married in 2010, the year that Alnwick (and the rest of the country) experienced exceptionally heavy snows. | ||||
| 2005 - April | The title is not misspelt. | |||||
| Teacake | 1983 | An unkind Nenthead nickname | Dots | |||
| Three Score and Then? | 2004 | Written when I turned sixty. What might the future bring? | Dots | |||
| Tim Foster's Two-Step | 2012 | For Tim Foster, my old friend and colleague from the world of public sector property management |
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| 2008 | Written for the wedding of Philippa Turner and Chris Brown | |||||
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