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An English Folk Group From Hull Yorkshire The Watersons Performed Mainly Traditional Songs With Little Or No Accompaniment. Their Distinctive Sound Came From Their Close Harmonies. Original Members Were Norma Waterson Mike Waterson And Lal Waterson With Their Cousin John Harrison From Kingston High School. They Had A Skiffle Band In The Early 1960s But Moved On To Playing More Traditional Material. They Were Briefly Known As "The Folksons". Their First Album Was Frost And Fire 1965 Awarded The "Melody Maker" Album Of The Year A Rarity For A Debut Album Followed By The Watersons And A Yorkshire Garland In 1966. The Watersons Split Up In 1968 When Norma Went To Work As A Disc Jockey On A Radio Station On Montserrat. The Group Reformed In 1972 With John Harrison Briefly Replaced By Bernie Vickers. He In Turn Was Replaced The Same Year By Norma's Husband And Respected Folk Singer In His Own Right Martin Carthy. This Lineup Recorded For Pence And Spicy Ale 1975 Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy 1977 And Green Fields 1981 . Later Lineups Featured Mike Waterson's Daughter Rachel Waterson Who Briefly Replaced Lal During A Leave Of Absence Caused By Ill Health In The Mid-1980s Then Continued To Sing With The Group On Lal's Return. Lal Waterson Died In 1998 And By The Early 1990s Martin Carthy Norma Waterson And Their Daughter Eliza Carthy Had Formed The Group Waterson Carthy. The Watersons Gradually Ceased To Sing Live On A Regular Basis But The Family Occasionally Reconvened For Special Events And Festival Appearances. The Most Recent Of These Were A Mighty River Of Song At The Royal Albert Hall On 12 May 2007 The BBC Electric Proms Concert Once In A Blue Moon A Tribute To Lal Waterson At Cecil Sharp House In London On 25 October 2007 And 'A Tribute To Bert ' A Concert Celebrating The Life And Work Of Albert Lloyd At Cecil Sharp House On The 15th November 2008.
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The Hawes Junction Rail Crash Occurred On 24 December 1910 On The Midland Railway's Settle And Carlisle Mainline At The Junction With The Wensleydale Railway In Westmorland Now Cumbria England. It Was Caused When A Busy Signalman Sutton Forgot About A Pair Of Light Engines Waiting At His Down Northbound Starting Signal To Return To Their Base At Carlisle. They Were Still Waiting There When The Signalman Set The Road For The Down Scotch Express. When The Signal Cleared The Light Engines Set Off In Front Of The Express Into The Same Block Section. Since The Light Engines Were Travelling At Low Speed From A Stand At Hawes Junction And The Following Express Was Travelling At High Speed A Collision Was Inevitable. The Express Caught The Light Engines Just After Moorcock Tunnel Near Ais Gill Summit In Mallerstang And Was Almost Wholly Derailed.
Casualties Were Made Worse By The Telescoping Over-Riding Of The Timber-Bodied Coaches And By Fire Which Broke Out In The Coaches Fed By The Gas For The Coaches' Lights Leaking From Ruptured Pipes And Ignited By The Coals From The Locomotives' Fireboxes. Twelve People Lost Their Lives As A Result Of This Accident Some Of Whom Were Trapped In The Wreckage And Were Burned To Death. Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Hawes_Junction_Rail_Crash
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An English Folk Group From Hull Yorkshire The Watersons Performed Mainly Traditional Songs With Little Or No Accompaniment. Their Distinctive Sound Came From Their Close Harmonies. Original Members Were Norma Waterson Mike Waterson And Lal Waterson With Their Cousin John Harrison From Kingston High School. They Had A Skiffle Band In The Early 1960s But Moved On To Playing More Traditional Material. They Were Briefly Known As "The Folksons". Their First Album Was Frost And Fire 1965 Awarded The "Melody Maker" Album Of The Year A Rarity For A Debut Album Followed By The Watersons And A Yorkshire Garland In 1966. The Watersons Split Up In 1968 When Norma Went To Work As A Disc Jockey On A Radio Station On Montserrat. The Group Reformed In 1972 With John Harrison Briefly Replaced By Bernie Vickers. He In Turn Was Replaced The Same Year By Norma's Husband And Respected Folk Singer In His Own Right Martin Carthy. This Lineup Recorded For Pence And Spicy Ale 1975 Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy 1977 And Green Fields 1981 . Later Lineups Featured Mike Waterson's Daughter Rachel Waterson Who Briefly Replaced Lal During A Leave Of Absence Caused By Ill Health In The Mid-1980s Then Continued To Sing With The Group On Lal's Return. Lal Waterson Died In 1998 And By The Early 1990s Martin Carthy Norma Waterson And Their Daughter Eliza Carthy Had Formed The Group Waterson Carthy. The Watersons Gradually Ceased To Sing Live On A Regular Basis But The Family Occasionally Reconvened For Special Events And Festival Appearances. The Most Recent Of These Were A Mighty River Of Song At The Royal Albert Hall On 12 May 2007 The BBC Electric Proms Concert Once In A Blue Moon A Tribute To Lal Waterson At Cecil Sharp House In London On 25 October 2007 And 'A Tribute To Bert ' A Concert Celebrating The Life And Work Of Albert Lloyd At Cecil Sharp House On The 15th November 2008.
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The Hawes Junction rail crash occurred on 24 December 1910, on the Midland Railway's Settle and Carlisle mainline at the junction with the Wensleydale Railway in Westmorland (now Cumbria), England. It was caused when a busy signalman (Sutton) forgot about a pair of light engines waiting at his down (northbound) starting signal to return to their base at Carlisle. They were still waiting there when the signalman set the road for the down Scotch express. When the signal cleared, the light engines set off in front of the express into the same block section. Since the light engines were travelling at low speed from a stand at Hawes Junction, and the following express was travelling at high speed, a collision was inevitable. The express caught the light engines just after Moorcock Tunnel near Ais Gill summit in Mallerstang and was almost wholly derailed.
Casualties were made worse by the telescoping (over-riding) of the timber-bodied coaches, and by fire which broke out in the coaches, fed by the gas for the coaches' lights leaking from ruptured pipes and ignited by the coals from the locomotives' fireboxes. Twelve people lost their lives as a result of this accident, some of whom were trapped in the wreckage and were burned to death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawes_Junction_rail_crash
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=78
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