Noel Dumbrell was born in the sleepy Sussex village of Ashurst in 1930. His Grandfather owned the local pub, The Fountain Inn, way back in 1902. Many old characters lived in this village and much unaccompanied folk singing was their way of life. These old songs are kept alive today by many traditional singers like The Copper Family of Rottingdean and Noel, in this wonderful and historic debut CD, brings us some more of these gems as sung by an old 1900s Ashurst character Len Pelling. Noel talks us through life as it was in those lazy days in Ashurst when he was a child and accompanies himself with great flair on the harmonica!  All the words
to these song are included in a separate booklet accompanying this CD and it has a forward by
John Copper. For the collector of traditional Sussex folk songs this is a 'must' and a real 'gem'.