Year of Cooperatives – Celebration Event

Talks from local groups, music from Peter & Barbra Snape and photographs on show from Bacup Museum.

Peter and Barbara Snape are a very popular duo from the North West of England with a repertoire that is distinctly ‘northern’ in nature. With singing versatility and well-crafted accompaniments, The Snape’s have a great love of traditional British folk music and have built a well-deserved reputation both for researching varied and interesting songs from the time when cotton and coal were king in the North West and for championing the work of folk song collectors such as Anne Geddes Gilchrist OBE and Fred Hamer. These songs are woven throughout their performance and are delivered with a commitment, passion, enjoyment and knowledge that brings the tradition to life in an engaging and appealing manner.
The North West of England has a rich, and often undervalued song tradition and it has no finer or more knowledgeable champions than The Snapes. Sheena Wellington (The Wighton Heritage Centre, Dundee).