King's Colleg Cambridge Choir 1940

[BobGlasby]

You are right. I think a lot of choirs abandoned them during the war because of the cost and trouble and went into soft collars or those Elizabethan ruffs.

[admlindsay]

Very interesting, comparing the 1940 choir with the present day. I note the boys aren't wearing Eton collars - could that be a wartime thing?

[SheilaghLesarge]

Blessings Much Love and Merry Christmas and Happy Newyear 2011/2012 wishing you Health happiness healing and every success

[OldSuffolk]

Thank you again Bob, and for the introduction to Stephen. He's getting me the recording I wanted. I was wrong about Ed. Murrow - . evidently it was Quentin Reynolds. Well, it was a long time ago!

[OldSuffolk]

Thinking more about this wonderful clip, I think my last comment was probably correct. At Xmas 1940, Ed Murrow was reporting the blitz from London to the still-neutral US. His reports were so good and so supportive that they were also broadcast to us by the BBC. That introductory voice sounds very much like Ed Murrow, as I remember it. Thank you Bob for finding this treasure and sharing it with us.

[OldSuffolk]

Old Suffolk This is marvellous. I was in London through the blitz. lahgbr evidently didn't read the title correctly. Xmas 1940 was at the height of the blitz and this video is absolutely authentic. Incidentally, there was no television in Britain during the war (to avoid the Luftwaffe homing on the transmitter), so this must have been filmed the cinema or - most likely - for export.

[lahgbr]

This is very interesting and touching. But surely it must be slightly later, during the Blitz, as people are already sheltering in the Tube? Or maybe they'd already started by Xmas 1939?

[horationelson57]

Thank you for posting. Marvelous. God bless.

[choirboy526]

yet the sound quality is not too good... they still manage to overcome it with their beautiful sounds

[BobGlasby]

I think I have those psalms on old records but don't know how to upload audio files. I could make you a CD.

[gbolagun]

thanks BobGlasby for this wonderful clip of old. i have been searching for kings choir chants of psalms 145 to 150. i listened to these wonderful chants in Nigeria some time ago. kindly see if you could upload the audio or video of this chants. its been very hard for everyone on this site to do it. please, lets keep trying. i know its somewhere in england there. cheers & God bless.

[fourwayscottage]

AAAA.030258Z JUN 2008 Dear Sir; Thank you for posting the video it is a good one..I pray every success for the future.......AR.