Anne Lamb at The Bridge Folk Club, 15 April 2024
The Colliery Baths (Words; Dennis Rowan, Tune; Bert Draycott)
Colliery baths were used by miners to get clean at the end of their shift but they weren’t baths in the sense of a big tub (the water would have been much too black much too quickly), they were communal showers with very little privacy or modesty
The mention in the last verse to banners draped in black is a reference to how dozens of large banners that represent union lodges are paraded through Durham (England) every year at the Big Meeting Day, the annual Miners’ Gala, and how banners would have black cloth draped over the top if anyone from that pit had been killed in the previous twelve months, a very emotional sight. The 138th Miners’ Gala is happening today, 13 July 2024
Bert Draycott supplied the tune for this wonderful song and he would sing it regularly around folk clubs in the north east of England and in other venues. He sang it once for Princess Anne, who was delighted with it and went on her way giggling
Bert was one of our best-loved folkie characters in the north east of England and a really charming, funny man, always a total pleasure to be with. And, by the way, he was the World Champion Spoons Player! He died in 2017 and he is sadly missed. RIP, Bert
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