Bulgarian Red

Random Jig by James Hill; Helicopter Jig by Tom McConville.

Random Jig - Helicopter Jig

Composed by Niel Gow.  Variations for Northumbrian pipes © by Chris Ormston

Farewell To Whisky (Niel Gow, var & arr © C. Ormston)

TOTM for October first by Jack Armstrong and second by Don Clegg

Kielder Burnie/Doon the Redewater

Mixolydian chanter by Richard Evans; More for Beauty is from Atkinson’s if I remember correctly —- and I think Gelston plays it on BP; Ogilvie posted it as Cuddy Splutter, in G, out of Vickers

Peacocks Jockey Stays Long and More for Beauty than Gear aka Cuddy Splutter

TOTM for February. Mixolydian Northumbrian chanter by Richard Evans.

Walter Ogilvie's Album

Horses Bransle

October TOTM - session tunes.  A lone piper didn't feel like much of a session, so this is 3 tracks combined.

Session tunes - Goodnight and joy be with you / Joe Hutton's March

Tobin's Favourite is a traditional Irish tune, Charlie Hunter is a mid-20th century Scottish one, and Katie Elliott's is by Chris Ormston, from the 1990's.

Three Jigs In D - Tobin's, Charlie Hunter, Katie Elliott's

My Great Grandfather and Great Uncle were both signalmen on the East Coast mainline at Plessey - the latter spending his whole career there.  During WW2 my mother and aunt spent much of their time there to avoid the bombing raids on Tyneside and, by all accounts, lived in the style of the "Railway Children". The station and signal box have now been demolished and there's little remaining evidence.

The Plessey Hornpipe

Tune of the Month, August 2024, for the Northumbrian small pipe FB group, the theme being "geography."  The wonderful piper from the northeast of England, Iain Gelston, composed this tune.  You can find it in his collection of tunes called The New Shields Garland.

Three Jigs In D - Tobin's, Charlie Hunter, Katie Elliott's

John Gibbons 4