King Cotton - The Fivepenny Piece

[anneshrley]

I grew up listening to the fivepenny Piece, my dad was/is a huge fan! I've never seen any videos before so this was fantastic. thankyou!

Do you happen to have the song with the lyrics " just watch out, they'll tell you owt, for they must think that we know nowt, prices rising, not surprising, just watch out they'll tell you owt"? I wanted to post it to FB.. perfect for todays economic climate!

[haybee12]

a magician once said to my grandad "would you be surprised if i pulled a rabbit from your trousers" he said "very surprised, av getten two ferrits deign theer"

[belgeandhammer]

wonderful theres no place like home lancashire lad

[5grosvenor]

Just visited Queen St. Cotton Heritage Mill, Burnley, and the guide movingly spoke the words of 'KIng Cotton' which summed up all that we saw there.

[TheSteamtramman]

We were barge-masters carrying cotton among other goods and both my father and my uncles were thankful that in wartime at least there was food every day. Give you a clue: I was born at Starvation Buoys on the Thames. And the dockers got paid by the day, no ships, no pay - same in Manchester where we used to run to No9 dock I think. And no dole. Ain't life easy now.......

[smileysal1976]

i remember me and my classmates miming to this in a drama lesson, it brings back memories, thanks for posting :o)

[northwestmanuk30]

beautiful song linda really brings the song to life. can almost imagine what it was like back then.

[walshy2866]

Proud to be Lancastrian, even more so when I hear songs like this from my childhood.

God Bless the Red Rose

[SummerHerald]

When I see these pics I always wonder whether any of them are my family.

Virtually all my ancestors were cotton weavers.

[hakkamantis]

Thx for posting greatgrand mother and grandmother worked in the mills of Lancashire..

[Kittielips]

@hakkamantis

Thanx fer't txt......There aren't many mills left now, are there? They're being knocked down to build 'academies.' To think, 'they' call that 'progress!'

Jennie.

[dalesman4]

I'd never heard of this group (I thought you were talking of the 60's group, The Five Pennies -[Juliet].

Anyway, as a sentimental Northerner (albeit a Yorkshireman), love this piece. Think I'm hooked.

[Kittielips]

They were an excellent group.

Thank you for leaving a comment on this channel.

Jennie.

[claymoreman90]

a beautiful song...lovely.

[MorrisManDanceMan]

they this is a veer good song. its a shame that some of the mills are gone when cotton woes king then. l live in Shaw near oldham

[Kittielips]

@MorrisManDanceMan

Is shaw near Oldham? It's a shame about the mills, isn't it? I'm going mad over the demolition of one at the moment.

Thank you.

Jennie.

[oldfolkiepad]

Delightful. I hadn't heard this song before but I shall come back to it several times. Your video montage sets it off beautifully. By pure coincidence, my wife and I are going to visit the Quarry Bank cotton mill museum at Styal next week. Not Lancashire, I realise, but not far away.

[trichoone]

thankyou glad you liked it .

[Kittielips]

'Eigh up Lad; intit reight good to 'ave yer comment acknowledged by decent folk?

I thowt it were proper decent o' thi.

'Don't cast your pearls' springs to mind.

Ow's yer Pup goin' on?

Love.

Jennie. X.

[oldfolkiepad]

'Tis indeed, lass. I bought t' Fivepenny Piece CD after I heered this, and it's me favourit track on t' album. Thanks, trichoone, for posting it, and to thee, Jennie, for sharing it.

Pup's doing grand, thanks.

Love,

Paddy

[Kittielips]

Tha's welcome Lad; I'm reight glad yer Pup's doin' gradely an' you liked the song, it's my favourite an' all.

Si'thee later.

Love.

Jennie. X.

[Kittielips]

@oldfolkiepad

Does tha think I should 'ave a 'bash at it' or not? Nethen; speak the truth Lad, as I conna be doin' wi' lies, as tha knows.

I 'ope that Pup o' mine's still doin' reet well, an' yer not sowin' too many seeds.

Lots of love.

Jennie. X.

[northwestmanuk30]

@Kittielips

i think you should jennie you have a great voice i think i've said before you sound a lot like linda.xx

[haybee12]

@Kittielips height fettlin,aut aureet,not spocken fir a bit

[Kittielips]

Thank you for this, it's one of my favourites. 5*****. Jennie. X.

[trichoone]

you are welcome jennie

[folkfriendlyguy]

Very nice!

[gcdev]

When I got married I lived in Shaw near Oldham and from our kitchen window we could count 26 mill chimneys. When we left to move south there were five.

[Templemain]

What a video. That was just great. I came not from Lancashire but Linconshire on the Hull. Yours was cotton & ours was fish from trawlers battling the frozen wastes around Iceland & the North seas. They were tough times Trichoone.

[trichoone]

thanks templemain tough times indeed and all my relations on my Mother's side are in Grimsby/Cleethorpes I might do a vid for them and you .

[bondie45]

The chimmey at the end of video sums it all up, very very good video tric my friend well done sir 10/10 and a gold star....

[trichoone]

thanks my friend , yeah when the chimneys came down that signalled the end

[trichoone]

thankyou glad you liked it .

[zrnho]

Brilliant!! my friend Brilliant!! luv Five Penny Piece, superb images from our homes in good old Lancashire, and the mills from the good old days :'-) nice one my mate!!

[trichoone]

thanks me ewd lancashire friend . almost every town and village in our county was touched with the cotton trade in one way or another .

[bellerob]

Lancashire, one of the most beautiful parts of England. Lancaster, Blackpool, Morecambe, Fleetwood. Brings back great memories. Should visit the North West somewhere this or next year. Great "back in time"vid!

[trichoone]

thanks bellerob yes its a great place lancashire Blackpool was a dream place for us when we were young but it lost its way a bit with the coming of paxckage holidays abroad but the pleasure beach is one of the best in the world .

[killiekentman]

lovely song, and video thanks for posting. great to see the old photos. Ray