CHRISTMAS 1962, 1963, 1964 (CD)
THE 1960’S
THE REYNOLDS, BRITTON and PICKERING FAMILIES

These recordings, edited and transferred from original ‘reel to reel’ tape recordings then to tape cassette and later to CD, are mainly of the REYNOLDS, BRITTON and PICKERING families, recorded at 122 TRELAWNEY RD, HAINAULT, ESSEX, IG6 2NW. This address was the home of our parents ALBERT REYNOLDS and wife (KATHLEEN) (KIT) from 1937 when the property was newly built. They were parents to IVY, born 1931, MARIE, (MARION) born 1935, GEORGE, born 1939, all before WORLD WAR II (1939-1945) then ARTHUR born 1947 and ROBERT, born 1950. PETER PICKERING and wife MARIE were parents to PHILIP and MARTIN. NORMAN (NOBBY) BRITTON and wife IVY were parents to GEORGE, TREVOR and KATHLEEN (KATE) Brothers ARTHUR and ROBERT had partners but no children.

Each Christmas, while the children were young, these families would meet to talk, eat, drink and sing until around 3 a.m. or later. (The BRITTONS from BARKINGSIDE, the PICKERINGS from COLLIER ROW). The adults were in the front or ‘best’ room, with a coal fire, the children in the back living room with no fire or heating elsewhere in the house. ARTHUR would set up the hidden Reel to Reel tape recorder and leave it running all evening, changing tapes when necessary and editing down years later to tape cassette and eventually to Compact Disc CD in 2013.

This was a very musical gathering and ALBERT, MARIE, PETE, and NOBBY all played more than one instrument, cousin TOM almost one. Other relatives on these recordings are; ALICE REYNOLDS (NAN) (ALBERT’s Mother), TOM REYNOLDS (cousin) and GEORGE’s fiance PAT. (MARRIED 1964 then children SARAH, ALISON and ROBERT.)

(CD 4 tracks TOTAL time 77 mins) CD Finished JAN 2017
CD compiled by ARTHUR as a FAMILY HISTORY MEMENTO

1962 – TRACK 1 – 18 mins

Intro; ARTHUR interviews 00.30 George Britton age 7+ yrs, 00.01 Trevor Britton 4 yrs. Nobby 02.00 Peter P. plays piano, Nobby B ‘oi!’ and Albert sing ‘Who’s that knocking on my door’. 2.20 MARIE ‘it’s only me’ 02.30 MARIE & IVY singing and opening presents. 02.45 IVY Cadbury roses. 03.20 Nobby’s father talking. 03.45 Albert03.55 Nobby, Ivy, Albert talking about ARTHUR. 05.00 Ivy and Dad Albert, ‘Harry Worth’ TV prog. 05.40 IVY sings ‘Gossip calypso’ while KATIE talking. 06.20 IVY, ‘Maries hat’, ‘five bob’ 07.00 PETE P plays piano. TOM laughs, plays bad chromatica. NOBBY’S DAD and PETE sing ‘old folks at home’. 08.10 PETER P. ‘don’t like them things’, TOM does. 08.25 Nobby’s DAD sings ‘In the evening’ PETE piano, TOM on chromatica.09.50 IVY sings ‘kentucky’ TOM on bad piano. 11.00 TOM, ARTHUR. IVY sings ‘back street blues’ 11.50 TOM excellent bad piano solo. 12.30 NOBBY piano solo ‘blue moon’. TOM ‘wait til he says right’ 14.00 MARIE & IVY sing ‘I’m alone because i love you’ NOBBY accordion. 15.40 ALBERT banjo ‘You are my Sunshine’. NOBBY’s father singing, then with TOM and IVY.

17.45 mins END

1963 – TRACK 2 – 24 mins

GEORGIE BRITTON 8+ yrs, TREVOR 5+ yrs 01.20 KATIE 3yrs 01.45 PHILIP P. 7 yrs 02.15 MARTIN P. 5 yrs 03.20 KATIE etc talking. 04.40 NOBBY, ARTHUR and fish tank. 05.00 LATER; IVY & MARIE singing ‘good king winces last’ when LATER, MEN BACK FROM PUB. PETE, IVY, MARIE, & ALBERT’s mum ALICE (NAN) talking. 06.10 NAN sings 1st World War song, ‘Song of the Thrush’ 07.50 NAN & DAD (ALBERT) sings ‘Beer’. 09.00 IVY, TOM, PETE sing ‘Jealous Heart’ PETE P. plays piano and ALBERT banjo. 10.40 PETE piano, and MARIE. 11.30 IVY & NOBBY sing ‘Its a great big shame’ MUM (KIT) talking. 12.50 PETE piano ALBERT banjo, ‘Bless ’em all’.14.15 14.30 ALBERT banjo, 14.50 KIT, TREVOR’s cigarette’ talking. KIT (MUM), IVY etc sing ‘Heart of my Heart’ (At 16.00mins; 20 seconds NOISE ON CD) 16.20 TOM on piano, NOBBY accordion, PETE chromatic. 17.45 MARIE sings ‘When I leave the world behind’ TOM piano! NOBBY singing. 20.00 Nellie Dean. 21.30 NAN 21.38 MUM (KIT) 21.40 PETE on piano singing ‘Busy doing Nothing’. 22.30 PETE & TOM talk, more ‘Busy’ singing. 23.30 singing ‘Rest of the World’

24.20 mins END

1964 – TRACK 3 – 11.30 mins

Intro, ARTHUR. 01.15 TREVOR & KATIE B sing. 01.35 IVY, 01.50 KATIE, TREVOR. 02.20 IVY and ARTHUR 02.25 GEORGIE sings ‘Tom Dooley’. 03.15 GEORGIE & TREVOR sing ‘beatles’ style. 04.05 ALBERT & IVY sing ‘And when I die’ PETE piano. 05.10 IVY 05.40 MARIE and ALBERT (TOM out of tune whistling) sing ‘Cockles and Mussels’ 06.30 ALBERT, PETE, IVY & MARIE sing ‘Let me go lover’ ARTHUR ‘mee’ 08.20 ALBERT sings and plays banjo ‘If I had the wings of an Angel’ 11.15 MUM & ARTHUR talk.

11.30 mins END

1964 – TRACK 4 – 22.30 mins

PETE P on piano ‘Rest of the World’ 02.00 ARTHUR hawaian. 02.30 ALBERT sings ‘Oh my eye’ 02.45 brother GEORGE’s fiance PAT ‘bums been all night’ 03.00 PETE ‘I love a sausage’ 03.40 ALBERT sings ‘Its only a beautiful picture’ NOBBY accordion, MARIE & IVY. 06.50 ‘If i had my way’09.00 ROBERT, KIT, ALBERT talking, FRED THE DOG. 09.50 KATIE singing ‘georgie porgie’, goosey gander. PAT talking to PHILIP. 11.30 MUM KIT ‘ you’re too nosey’ 12.40 ROBERT 13.00 MARIE singing, ARTHUR talking. 13.40 singing ‘My old man’, 14.50 ‘Allo allo’, MARIE, IVY, PETE,ALBERT. 16.10 singing, ‘I belong to glasgow’, 17.05 Irish eyes’, 18.00 ‘Glasgow’, 18.45 ‘she’s a lassie from Lancashire’, 19.35 ‘Early Bird’, 20.30 IVY & MUM laughing. 21.20 ‘Who’s sorry now?’

22.30 mins END

TOTAL CD TIME 77 MINUTES approx