Sunday 1 March 2020

Bob Bolton collection - Busking and Dancing at The Rocks Square, 1980 to c.1987

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The following article was written by Bob Bolton in 2009, & subsequent research has taken these Busking & Dancing afternoons back to August 1980.

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Photos © Bob Bolton

Mulga Wire, no.22, Dec 1980, p.11- ad for The Rocks

Mulga Wire, no.-22, Dec80, p.9- photo taken October 1980

Mulga Wire, no. 24, April 1981

Mulga Wire, no. 25, June 1981
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Photos from Bob's Photo albums
Photos 1-6 taken from album no.

1. Bob Brain


2. Tony Romeo, George Bolliger, Bob Brain


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4. Bob Bolton in straw hat

5. Julie Prior & Bruno dancing


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13. Helen & Bob Brain

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22. Ralph Pride (banjo), Wally Bolliger (lagerphone), George Bolliger (piano accordion)

23. Ann Pidcock,

25. Wally Bolliger (lagerphone)

26. Helen & Bob Brain

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29. Helen Brain & son Michael

30. 800907B 14 Helen Brain

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32. 800907B 17 Helen Brain

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2 comments:

  1. Michael Copping2 May 2020 at 14:16

    Hello.. Thank you Bob for this archive. It brings back so many memories. I attended this gig, but have not been photographed. I remember some of the dancers and musicians.I was in the Sydney Colonial Dancers and attended the BMC for many years. I hosted the folk music program on 2SER for about three years. I was in Playford and tried out for the Black Wattle Morris.

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  2. thanks, Michael, Bob was an amazing photographer of BMC & folk events & gave his negative archives (1969 to 2014) to the National Library in 2014. We are currently trying to identify people in his 90+ photo albums so they can also be given to NLA to help when the Library eventually digitises his collection. If you are able to identify people in any photos, or are interested in identifying people in the albums, please contact me thru the email link on our website.

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