FISHY BUSINESS
Subjects with a strong flavour of Kipper.
BIGOTS
AGAINST TOLERANCE
Farmer
Trout runs this anti-everything party. Their views are,
unfortunately, not just his own, and may be encapsulated in the phrase 'What's
in it for me?'. They have a variety of policies, from which you are
invited to choose:
Taxation
Foreigners
Education
Transport
Charity
Energy
'The
Old St George'
CRUEL
AND UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS
Sid plays a
wide variety of instruments, many of them unique to the Trunch area of
Norfolk. When we work out how to do sound files we may even let you hear
some of them.
Introduction
To Folk Music
Walnut-shells
Accordion
LATERAL
HISTORY
In
1995 BBC Radio 2 commissioned Sid to create and present The Lateral History
Programme. The result was a highly acclaimed series which led to Radio 2
immediately dropping all programmes relating to folk music, presumably because
they thought that nothing better could ever be produced.
Fish
Pigs
Sheep
Horse
and Hound
Crustaceans
Birds
Cattle
THE
YEAR IN ST JUST-NEAR-TRUNCH
A
miscellany of customs and costumes, rites and wrongs, food and fad, all with a
seasonal flavour.
July
DANCE
Sid
calls dances from 'Kipper's
Incomplete Dancing Master', originally written by Will Kipper, St Just's
famous one-legged turpsichorean.
When not drinking his favourite turps 'n' black he was an avid
collector of dances from his native north-east Norfolk.
Sid
on country dancing
the
Dashing White Privates
the
Trimingham Triangular Six
FOLK
LAW
Songs
and stories of possible interest to folkies, traddies, and others who misspent
- or are currently misspending - their
youth.
The
Infected Collier
Unpleasant
And Frightful
London
Spurning
The
Water Is Wet
Sir
Patrick Thistle
RADIO
Radio
is Sid's favourite medium, because, as he says, "I haven't got a good
voice for telly". Over the years he has been commissioned to write
a number of programmes for BBC Radio Norfolk, often on location in deepest
Norfolk. These climaxed with the legendary Road To Irstead Pier.
The
Road To Irstead Pier
In 2006 Sid
produced a series of six programmes
for Channel4 Radio, entitled The Kipper Country Code
For
over a decade Sid has been an ever-present, with fellow Norfolk man
Keith Skipper, on the Radio Norfolk series 'Should The Team Think?'.
These are generally broadcast on High Days and Holidays, and nowadays are
streamed live on the internet. The shows are recorded in Halls and
Theatres around Norfolk, and one regular feature is the Limerick
Challenge.
DOT KIPPER'S HANDY HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Sid's mother (as far as we know), Dot Kipper, was once
well known for her no-nonsense advice in this book. Although the advice
given is somewhat dated now, that only makes it fascinating social
document. Extracts will be added over time.
Recipe
- Mallard Imaginaire
Sewing
Recipe
- Leg of Donkey
Recipe
- Roasted Turkey & Horse-Chestnut Stuffing