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Rob Knight and the Nightingales of Prime Coppice

by Matthew Shaw, Rob Knight and Kit Vaughan

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Ron Knight was a 92 year old resident of the Dorset village Whitchurch Canonicorum at the point this was made.

Rob passed away a few weeks after this was recorded,

I visited Rob with Kit Vaughan to talk with Rob about his memories of the village. Rob was born in Whitchurch Canonicorum and apart from his military service he remained there all his life.

Rob played us a recording from the only tape of the dawn and evening birdsong at Prime Coppice recorded in 1970. Rob reflected on changes in the village, it's harvest customs and to the local wildlife.

Prime Coppice is a 52 acre wood located in the beautiful Marshwood Vale in West Dorset. The wood is the last large remaining block of ancient woodland coppice of that size in the West Dorset Area.

The wood was once a vibrant and thriving working woodland, hence the name Prime Coppice. Historically the wood was an excellent example of a community working woodland providing a wide range of livelihood and coppice products eg: employment, training, cider, firewood, charcoal, timber, hazel and ash hurdles, baskets and bean sticks etc. Historically the area adjacent to the wood was known as the kings moot where the local leaders would meet to discuss affairs and surrounding the woodland there is a rich history including the finding of a bronze age Viking axe head and the old Marshwood castle and deer park. The woodland and Marshwood vale where the wood sits is ringed by a series of 7 ancient hill forts including the famous Pilsdon Pen.

To visit and for more information www.primecoppice.com

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released December 21, 2019
Voices - Rob Knight and Kit Vaughan.
Nightingales recording and Schubert recording from the collection of Rob Knight.
Piano by Matthew Shaw.

Recorded and produced by Matthew Shaw

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