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Shuttleworth, Ron, Born 1930

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Dates

  • Existence: Born 1930

Biography

Ron Shuttleworth was born in Sheffield in 1930 and brought up in Hathersage in North Derbyshire, eventually settling in Coventry in 1960. An interest in folk music and custom led to contact with folk plays and the establishment of the Coventry Mummers in 1966. His research into mumming developed into the beginnings of the Morris Ring Folk Play Archive (Ron Shuttleworth Collection).

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The Morris Ring Folk Play Archive (Ron Shuttleworth Collection)

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Reference code: 456
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a vast range of material relating to folk plays and related subjects, including books and booklets, journal articles, audio and video recordings, unpublished works such as theses, dissertations and essays, and some ephemera.The collection has been painstakingly assembled since the 1960s by Ron Shuttleworth who made it his aim to collect copies of everything that had been written on the subject of folk plays, and to provide access to the material to...
Dates: c16th century - 21st century