Folk music at the Princess Louise, Holborn
Ewan McColl - with beard - entertaining an audience at the Princess Louise pub at Holborn, with musical jokes at a folk night, which the pub held regularly during the 1950s. James Henry Miller (1915 - 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the instigators of the 1960s folk revival as well as for writing such songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Dirty Old Town". He was father of singer-songwriter, Kirsty McColl. Peggy Seeger was also performing at the pub on the same evening (see picture number 14149091). She went on to become McColl's third wife in 1977
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