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  1. Never Again - A Lament for the Titanic

    BBC Radio Solent's lament for the RMS Titanic.

  2. The Travelling People

    Charles Parker's ballad documents the prejudice faced by those who lead the gypsy life.

  3. The Big Hewer

    A legend told by the men of the coalfields from the Tyne to the Vale of Neath. From 1961.

  4. Singing the Fishing

    Tales from the Norfolk and Scottish herring fleets with Ewan McColl's songs. From 1960.

  5. The Song of a Road

    The M1 as described by the men who built the London-Yorkshire motorway. From 1959.