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	George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.		George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.

	Andy Turner & Rod Stradling, Booklet accompanying MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? https://mtrecords.co.uk/pdf/377.pdf		Andy Turner & Rod Stradling, Booklet accompanying MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? https://mtrecords.co.uk/pdf/377.pdf

	[[Category:Singer]][[Category:Kent]]		[[Category:Singer]][[Category:Kent]]

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	George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.		George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.
			Andy Turner & Rod Stradling, Booklet accompanying MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? https://mtrecords.co.uk/pdf/377.pdf

	[[Category:Singer]][[Category:Kent]]		[[Category:Singer]][[Category:Kent]]

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	*[[Brave Ploughboy, The\|The Brave Ploughboy]]		*[[Brave Ploughboy, The\|The Brave Ploughboy]]
	*[[Buttercup Joe]]		*[[Buttercup Joe]]
	*[[~~The~~ Death of Nelson]]		*[[Death of Nelson, The\|The Death of Nelson]]
	*[[The ~~Faithful Sailor Boy~~\|~~Faithful Sailor Boy~~]]
	*[[Farmer's Boy, The\|The Farmer's Boy]]		*[[Farmer's Boy, The\|The Farmer's Boy]]
	*[[Folkestone Murder, The\|The Folkestone Murder]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''		*[[Folkestone Murder, The\|The Folkestone Murder]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''
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	*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]		*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]
	*[[In the Spring Time]]		*[[In the Spring Time]]
	*[[Jenny Lind ~~Polka~~\|Jenny Lind]]		*[[Jenny Lind\|Jenny Lind Polka]]
	*[[Jolly Waggoner, The\|The Jolly Waggoner]]		*[[Jolly Waggoner, The\|The Jolly Waggoner]]
	*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''		*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''
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	*[[Old Farmer Giles]]		*[[Old Farmer Giles]]
	*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]		*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]
	*[[One bitter night in winter]]		*[[Faithful Sailor Boy, The\|One bitter night in winter]]
	*[[Playing on the old banjo]]		*[[Playing on the old banjo]]
	*[[Ship that never returned, The\|The Ship that never returned]]		*[[Ship that never returned, The\|The Ship that never returned]]
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	*[[Zulu War, The\|The Zulu War]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''		*[[Zulu War, The\|The Zulu War]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''

	Copies of Mike Yates' recordings are held by the [http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html British Library Sound Archive]		All of these are on the Musical Traditions CD, Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? (MTCD377), with the exception of 'Buttercup Joe', 'The Farmer's Boy' and 'Silver Moon'.

			Copies of Mike Yates' recordings are held by the [http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html British Library Sound Archive].

	== Discography ==		== Discography ==

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	*[[Buttercup Joe]]		*[[Buttercup Joe]]
	*[[The Death of Nelson]]		*[[The Death of Nelson]]
			*[[The Faithful Sailor Boy\|Faithful Sailor Boy]]
	*[[Farmer's Boy, The\|The Farmer's Boy]]		*[[Farmer's Boy, The\|The Farmer's Boy]]
	*[[Folkestone Murder, The\|The Folkestone Murder]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''		*[[Folkestone Murder, The\|The Folkestone Murder]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''
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	*[[Good Old Jeff]]		*[[Good Old Jeff]]
	*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]		*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]
			*[[In the Spring Time]]
			*[[Jenny Lind Polka\|Jenny Lind]]
	*[[Jolly Waggoner, The\|The Jolly Waggoner]]		*[[Jolly Waggoner, The\|The Jolly Waggoner]]
	*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''		*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''

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	== Discography ==		== Discography ==
			*Charlie Bridger [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?\|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.
	*Various Artists, [[MTCD333 The Birds Upon the Tree\|The Birds Upon the Tree]], Musical Traditions, MTCD333. ([[Birds Upon the Tree, The\|The Birds Upon the Tree]], [[Little by little, and bit by bit]])		*Various Artists, [[MTCD333 The Birds Upon the Tree\|The Birds Upon the Tree]], Musical Traditions, MTCD333. ([[Birds Upon the Tree, The\|The Birds Upon the Tree]], [[Little by little, and bit by bit]])
	*Various Artists, [[VT108 The Horkey Load Vol 1\|The Horkey Load Vol 1]], Veteran, VT108. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])		*Various Artists, [[VT108 The Horkey Load Vol 1\|The Horkey Load Vol 1]], Veteran, VT108. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])

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	*[[Old Farmer Giles]]		*[[Old Farmer Giles]]
	*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]		*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]
	*[[Old Sow, The\|The Old Sow]]
	*[[One bitter night in winter]]		*[[One bitter night in winter]]
	*[[Playing on the old banjo]]		*[[Playing on the old banjo]]

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	*[[Brave Ploughboy, The\|The Brave Ploughboy]]		*[[Brave Ploughboy, The\|The Brave Ploughboy]]
	*[[Buttercup Joe]]		*[[Buttercup Joe]]
			*[[The Death of Nelson]]
	*[[Farmer's Boy, The\|The Farmer's Boy]]		*[[Farmer's Boy, The\|The Farmer's Boy]]
	*[[Folkestone Murder, The\|The Folkestone Murder]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''		*[[Folkestone Murder, The\|The Folkestone Murder]]     ''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''

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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==

	George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, ~~1993 (?)~~		George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.

	[[Category:Singer]][[Category:Kent]]		[[Category:Singer]][[Category:Kent]]

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	When Charlie left school he worked on the same farm as his father, but found that he could earn more by stone-breaking and road-building. It was while working as a stone-breaker that he first met Lilian Gill (Lily), whom he married in October 1938. During the Second World War he worked on a market garden, as well as serving in the Home Guard. After the war he worked in a variety of agricultural jobs, ending his working life as an employee of the Southern Water Authority, maintaining the banks of the Royal Military Canal.		When Charlie left school he worked on the same farm as his father, but found that he could earn more by stone-breaking and road-building. It was while working as a stone-breaker that he first met Lilian Gill (Lily), whom he married in October 1938. During the Second World War he worked on a market garden, as well as serving in the Home Guard. After the war he worked in a variety of agricultural jobs, ending his working life as an employee of the Southern Water Authority, maintaining the banks of the Royal Military Canal.

	Charlie Bridger became known to the folk revival in 1983. Andy Turner was researching Kentish singers and was given Charlie's name by his contemporary Mr. Charles Beale, son of [[Albert Beale]] of Kenardington. Andy recorded a number of Charlie's songs, and organised occasional music and song sessions at Charlie's local, the Crown Inn, Stone-in-Oxney, at which it was obvious that he very much enjoyed being the centre of attention once again. [[Mike Yates]] recorded some half dozen songs from Charlie in April 1984, most of which have been released on [[Veteran]] or [[Musical Traditions]]. Charlie was invited to attend the [[National Folk Music Festival]] at Sutton Bonington, 1985, but was unable to travel owing to ill health. He did however make a brief appearance at the [[English Country Music Weekend]] at Frittenden, September 1988, a couple of months before his death.		Charlie Bridger became known to the folk revival in 1983. Andy Turner was researching Kentish singers and was given Charlie's name by his contemporary Mr. Charles Beale, son of [[Albert Beale]] of Kenardington. Andy recorded a number of Charlie's songs, and organised occasional music and song sessions at Charlie's local, the Crown Inn, Stone-in-Oxney, at which it was obvious that he very much enjoyed being the centre of attention once again. [[Mike Yates]] recorded some half dozen songs from Charlie in April 1984, most of which have been released on [[Veteran]] or [[Musical Traditions]]. Charlie was invited to attend the [[National Folk Music Festival]] at Sutton Bonington, 1985, but was unable to travel owing to ill health. He did however make a brief appearance at the [[English Country Music Weekends\|English Country Music Weekend]] at Frittenden, September 1988, a couple of months before his death.

	:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'		:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'

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	:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'		:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'

	:''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs [MTCD333_The_Birds_Upon_the_Tree\|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]''		:''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs [[MTCD333_The_Birds_Upon_the_Tree\|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]]''