Arthur Marshall
Arthur Marshal (1896-?)
Iron-stone miner, Brotton, near Cleveland, North Yorkshire
Melodeon player and musician for Lingdale Longsword Dancers, and Loftus Sword Dancers
Played in Royal Albert Hall, Llangollen Eisteddfod, and foreign tours
Discography
FTX-111 - THE PLOUGH STOTS - CLEVELAND SWORD DANCE - JOHN PEEL - THE OYSTER GIRL -- THE LASS O DALLOGILL - THE KEEL ROW - THE COCK O THE NORTH Arthur MARSHALL, melodeon player of the Loftus dance team, previously musician for the Skelton Green Plough Stots, plays the tunes used at dance tempo. This is followed by a talk by Mr Normanton, headmaster of the local school, about his research into the existence of teams in the area. Then an actuality of the complete performance recorded by Peter Kennedy at Scarborough in 1953. Then North Skelton (as coll by his father) played by Peter on melodeon.
The Oyster Girl / The Lass Of Dalrymple - Various - Ranting & Reeling. Dance Music Of The North Of England. (CD, Album, Comp) Topic Records TSCD669 1998