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A bunch of years ago, a woman from Yorkshire, Judy Higgins, got in touch with us to say that she and a like-minded group of folks also sang folk songs, and they enjoyed and occasionally themselves played our tunes. Hurrah!, said we, and we have kept in touch since. But it's best to let them tell their own tale:
The nucleus of amateur English folk group Strings & Things came from a guitar tuition course at a college serving the Yorkshire villages where we live. In July, 1974 — inspired by our musical efforts and with a wish to sing the songs of The Highwaymen — we put together the programme for our first appearance . . . then it just grew.
Since then we have done nearly 1,200 concerts. We have played at an eclectic mix of venues from a mediaeval castle to a maximum-security prison, from a wind-tossed Irish Sea ferryboat to a country marquee during a thunderstorm, from the historic City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds to a hilltop festival outside Dublin. For nearly two decades we went to Ireland every spring and to a summer school near Glastonbury (home of the traditional music extravaganza) each July. But mostly we have played in churches, schools, village halls, community centres, hospitals and residential homes across our region, raising money for good causes as we go. We have never charged for concerts and any donations we receive go straight out again to local charities.
When we did our 15th anniversary/500th concert in July, 1989, we were blessed to make contact with members of the original Highwaymen and to begin a relationship which has continued for a happy 25 years. The Highwaymen once joked that they stole all their songs from The Weavers but we stole all our songs from them . . . and we still do. They have been ever-gracious in the personal support and encouragement that have spurred us onwards to our 40th anniversary.
The Strings & Things line-up has evolved over the years as members have faced changing career and family commitments but some of us have been here throughout. We very much hope to stay together in times to come and to keep The Highwaymen’s songs alive in our part of the world.
-- Judy Higgins
