Vol.1, No.1 (1980)
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| p.1 | [Editorial, by Steve Roud & Paul Smith] |
| pp.1-2 | A Battle Amongst the Christmas Mummers |
| p.3 | Periodical and Newspaper Search |
| p.3 | Traditional Drama 1981 [call for papers], Paul Smith (contact) |
| p.3 | Co-operative Indexing Scheme for Traditional Plays and Related Customs, Peter Millington (contact) |
| p.4 | The Pace Egg Play - Houldsworth Schools, 1885 |
| p.5 | Notes |
| p.5 | Queries |
| p.6 | Morris Ring - Instructional Week-End on Mumming, Ivor Allsop (details from) |
| p.6 | Publications News |
Vol.1, No.2 (1980)
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| p.7 | [Editorial, by Steve Roud & Paul Smith] |
| pp.7-8 | Plough Monday and the Primitive Methodists in Leicestershire, by Idwal Jones |
| pp.8-10 | Graphs for Visualising the Structures of Folk Plays, by Peter Millington [& see his follow-up article in Roomer, Vol.2, No.4 (1982) pp.25-26] |
| pp.10-11 | Papers on Traditional Drama Presented at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, 16-19 October 1980 |
| pp.11-12 | Folk Play Indexing Workshop |
| p.12 | Traditional Drama 1980: An Informal Seminar on Aspects of Current Research on Traditional Plays of the British Isles |
| p.12a | Advert: An Interim List of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays and Related Customs, by P.T.Millington |
Vol.1, No.3/4 (1981)
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| pp.13-19 | Mumming Play from Preston Candover, Hants., by Steve Roud |
| p.20 | Report on the Folk Play Indexing Workshop, 24 Jan. 1981, by Peter Millington |
| p.20 | Notes and Queries |
| p.21 | Publications News |
| p.21 | Facsimile illustration: 'Plough Monday: Dance of Bessy and the Clown', from John Brand, Observations on Popular Antiquities, 1888 |
| pp.21-22 | Periodical and Newspaper Search |
Vol.1, No.5 (1981)
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| pp.23-26 | Amendments to 'English Ritual Drama' [Part 1], by E.C.Cawte |
| p.27 | Mummers in Leeds, 1713, by Thomas Pettitt |
| p.27 | Spot the Mistakes [in article: 'Soul Caking Play, Cheshire', Family Circle, 1980] |
| p.28 | An Interim Directory of Researchers' Specialist Interests (Part I), by Paul Smith |
| p.29 | Traditional Drama 1981: The Fourth Annual Conference of Current Research on Traditional Drama [Announcement] |
| p.29 | Traditional Drama Research Group [Report of inaugural meeting] |
| p.29 | Andover Mummers, by Steve Roud |
| p.30 | Facsimile: Illustration of mummers from Lady's Pictorial, 27 Dec. 1895 |
| p.30 | Publications News |
| p.30a | Advert: Garland Films: Derby Tup |
Vol.1, No.6 (1981)
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| pp.31-32 | The North Waltham Mummers, by Steve Roud |
| pp.32-36 | The Old Tup and the Old Horse, by Paul Smith |
| p.36 | Copy: Down by the Greenwood Side, by Harrions Birtwistle1970 |
| p.37 | The Morris Ring Archives [list of play-related photographs], by Paul Smith |
| p.37 | Advert: The Revesby Sword Play: An Eighteenth-Century Folk Play Adaptation, by Michael J.Preston |
| p.38 | Publication News |
| pp.39-40 | Traditional Drama 1981: The Fourth Annual Conference on Aspects of Current Scholarship in Traditional Drama Studies [Abstracts of papers] |
Vol.2, No.1 (1982)
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| p.1 | Traditional Drama Research Group |
| pp.1-4 | Documenting Traditional Drama - Part I, by Paul Smith |
| p.4 | Mummers in Bedfordshire, by Steve Roud |
| pp.4-5 | Animal Disguise in Monmouthshire, by Tom Pettitt |
| pp.5-7 | M.W.Barley's Classification of Plough Plays, by P.T.Millington |
| pp.7-8 | Publications News |
| p.8 | Traditional Drama 1982 - Call for Papers |
| pp.8a-b | Advert: Theatre in Focus: Original Monographs... [Series]; |
Vol.2, No.2 (1982)
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| pp.9-16 | Amendments to English Ritual Drama - Part 2, by E.C.Cawte |
| p.16 | Advert: Traditional Drama 1982 [Conference] |
Vol.2, No.3 (1982)
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| pp.17-18 | People Vs Places, by Steve Roud |
| pp.19-20 | A Note on the Weston (Berks.) Play, by Roly Brown |
| p.20 | Forthcoming Events |
| pp.20-21 | Applied Mumming, by Paul Smith [Facsimile extract & illustration from The Graphic, 1871 |
| p.22 | Publications News |
| p.22 | Notes [Pinner, Middlesex (TQ 1289)] |
| p.20 | Traditional Drama Research Guide |
Vol.2, No.4 (1982)
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| pp.23-25 | John Fletcher and The Observer, by Derek Schofield |
| pp.25-26 | "Playgraphs" A Computer Program to Aid the Plotting of Play Structures', by P.T.Millington [& see his earlier article in Roomer, Vol.1, No.2 (1980) pp.8-10] |
| pp.27-28 | Christmas Customs in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, by Dave Bathe |
| pp.28 | Publication News |
Vol.2, No.4/5 (1982)
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| pp.23-29 [29-35] |
An Eighteenth Century Play from Cheshire, by Duncan Broomhead |
| pp.30-34 [36-40] |
Guisers in Tutbury, Staffordshire, by Derek Schofield |
| p.34 [40] | Publication News |
Vol.2, No.6 (1982)
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| pp.41-44 | The Institutional Basis of Performance: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Contemporary Folk Plays, by Georgina Boyes |
| p.44 | Fieldwork in Folklore [Conference announcement] |
| pp.45-46 | Traditional Drama 1982: The Fifth Annual Conference on Aspects of Current Scholarship in Traditional Drama Studies [Abstracts of papers] |
| p.47 | Review: The Ordnance Survey Atlas of Great Britain [Reviewer: Peter Millington] |
| p.47 | Advert: Traditional Drama 1983 [Conference] |
| p.48 | Traditional Drama 1983 - Call for Papers |
| p.48 | Calendar Customs [Conference - Call for papers] |
| pp.49-50 | Traditional Drama Research Register [Registration form] |
| p.51 | The Folklore Society - Annual Award of Research Grants |
Vol.3, No.1 (1983)
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| pp.1-4 | Further Notes on Mummers in West Berkshire 1897-1927, by Roly Brown |
| p.4 | Advert: The Peace Egg, or, St George: An Easter Play', An Original Chapbook from Edwards and Bryning with a Brief History, by Peter Stevenson |
| p.5 | Correspondence, from Sam Richards [Arguing for a wider definition of 'Traditional Drama'] |
| p.6 | Advert: Folklore Society Publications |
Vol.3, No.2 (1983)
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| pp.7-9 | Mummers at Hamstall Ridware, Staffs., by Derek Schofield |
| p.9 | The Folklore Society - Annual Award of Research Grants |
| p.10 | The James Madison Carpenter Collection |
| p.10 | Facsimile cartoon: Field Trip - XXVIII, by John Crane, from Folk Review, 1977 |
| p.11 | Announcing the First Minnesota Sword Dance & Mumming Ale [1984] |
| p.12 | Traditional Drama Research Group - Research Guides |
| p.12 | Publication News |
| pp.12a-b | Traditional Drama Research Group: Research Guide No.1: Basic Questions to Ask, compiled by P.T.Millington |
Vol.3, No.3 (1983)
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| pp.13-16 | The Danish Folk Play of the Three Kings and the Star, by Tom Pettitt |
| p.16 | British Institute of Recorded Sound Joins the British Library as the National Sound Archive [Extract from British Library News, 1983] |
| p.16 | Advert: Morris and Matachin: A Study in Comparative Choreography, by John Forrest, 1983 |
| pp.17-18 | Traditional Drama 1983 [Conference programme & Abstracts] |
| p.19 | Advert: An Interim Checklist of Chapbooks Containing Traditional Play Texts by M.J.Preston, M.G.Smith & P.S.Smith |
| p.20 | Facsimile illustration: 'The Hobby-Horse', from John Brand, Observations on Popular Antiquities, 1877 |
| p.20 | Publication News |
Vol.3, No.4 (1983)
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| pp.20-24 | The New Burlesque - An Undress Rehearsal, by Sandra Billington |
| p.24 | Fair Comment (Reprinted from Nelson's Column, Folk London Dec/Jan 1983/4) |
| pp.25-26 | Traditional Drama Research Group [Summary of Minutes, 20 Nov 1983] |
| pp.27-28 | A.L.Lloyd Memorial Conference [1984. Programme & Abstracts |
| p.29 | Mummers Seminar: w/e 13-15 April 1984, Stafford House, Keymer, Sussex [Programme] |
| p.30 | The Folklore Society - Annual Essay Prize |
| p.30 | Publication News |
Vol.3, No.5 (1983)
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| pp.31-40 | A Key to the KWIC Concordance of British Folk Play Texts, by Michael J.Preston |
Vol.3, No.6 (1983)
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| pp.41-43 | Plough Monday and the Law, by Idwal Jones |
| pp.43-46 | Documenting Traditional Drama - II, by Paul Smith |
| p.47 | Traditional Drama 1984 - Call for Papers |
| p.47 | Traditional Drama Research in North America [Bibliography] |
| p.48 | Facsimile: Title page from Walker's New Mummer or the Wassail Cup |
Vol.4, No.1 (1984)
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| pp.1-2 | An Early Tup, by Tom Pettitt |
| pp.3-4 | Traditional Drama 1984: The 7th Annual Conference on Aspects of Current Scholarship in Traditional Drama Studies [Programme & abstracts of papers] |
| pp.5-6 | August Hartmann's 'Folk Plays Collected in Bavaria and Austro-Hungary': A Summary, by Peter Millington |
| pp.7-8 | Biographies: Traditional Drama Research Group - Research Guide 2, compiled by Paul Smith |
| p.9 | Traditional Drama Research Group - Research Guides |
| p.9 | Correspondence: John Fletcher and The Observer (See Roomer 2:4 pp.23-25), by E.C.Cawte |
| p.10 | Key to the KWIC Concordance [see Roomer 3:5], by Derek Schofield |
| p.10 | Katherine Briggs Folklore Award |
Vol.4, No.2 (1984)
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| pp.11-23 | Camp Skits: The Child's Folk Drama, by Paul Brunk Kuhns |
| p.23 | Record Notes: Caribbean Island Music: Songs and Dances of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, recorded John Roberts Storms [Side 2 - Track 9, 'Mummies'] |
| p.24. | Advert: A Social History of the Fool, by Sandra Billington |
Vol.4, No.3 (1984)
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| pp.25-29 | Victorian View of the Mummers [Clippings from Illustrated London News, 1861 & 1866, and The Graphic, 1889, incl. 2 illustrations] |
| pp.30 | Vopy: 'Effects of Masking - Two Children Terrified to Death', from Illustrated London News, 1850 |
Vol.4, No.4 (1984)
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| p.31 | Publications News |
| pp.32-33 | Traditional Drama Research Group [Minutes of meeting held 31 March 1984] |
| p.34 | Traditional Drama Research Group - Guides |
| p.34 | Advert: Traditional Drama 1985 [Conference] |
| pp.35-38 | Tracing Photographs: Traditional Drama Research Group - Research Guide 3, compiled by Paul Smith |
| p.39 | Advert: Traditional Drama Research Group Publications |
| p.40 | Notes [Seeking information on plays in Lancashire, Devon & Cornwall] |
| p.40 | Deja Vu Department, from Craig Fees [quote from The Whole Art of Stage, 1684 |
Vol.4, No.5 (1984)
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| pp.41-51 | Toward Establishing the Study of Folk Drama as a Science, by Craig Fees |
| p.52 | Facsimile chapbook title page: New Mumming Book. The Four Champions of Great Britain |
Vol.4, No.6 (1984)
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| pp.53-54 | Obituary, George Richard Greenall (19th October 1909 - 18th October 1984), by Craig Fees |
| pp.55-56 | Traditional Drama Research Group [Minutes of meeting held 21 July 1984] |
| pp.56-60 | Documenting Traditional Drama III, by Paul Smith [incl. Survey of English Folklore questionnaire] |
| pp.61-64 | Notes on a Quest for Dragons, by Steve Roud and Craig Fees |
Vol.5, No.1 (1985)
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| pp.1-2 | The Quack Doctor and the Cheap Jack, by Steve Roud |
| pp.3-6 | Surveys through Newspapers: Traditional Drama Research Group - Research Guide 4, compiled by D.Schofield, P.Millington & D.Bathe |
| p.7 | Facsimile broadside ballad: St.George & the Dragon |
| p.8 | Traditional Drama Research Group - Guides |
Vol.5, No.2 (1985)
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| pp.9-22 | Amendments to 'English Ritual Drama': Part 3, by E.C.Cawte |
Vol.5, No.3 (1985)
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| pp.23-24 | West Malling, Kent (TQ 6857), by Carl Willetts |
| p.24 | Directory of Recorded Sound Resources in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland |
| pp.25-26 | The Burringham Plough Team 1934 [Fasimile of photo & article from the Hull & Lincolnshire Times, 1934, plus cast list from A.Lingo] |
| p.27 | Correspondence: Folk Drama As a Science, by E.C.Cawte [re Roomer Vol.4, No.5, 1984] |
| pp.28-29 | Craig Fees Replies |
| p.29 | correspondence, from Ron Shuttleworth |
| p.30 | Notes and Queries; [historical characters in traditional plays], by Craig Fees |
Vol.5, No.4 (1985)
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| p.31 | Soviet Folk: A Selection of Films |
| p.31 | British Theatre Institute Publications |
| pp.32-36 | The Earliest Text of a Mumming Play (1832) from the Isle of Man, by Stephen Miller |
| pp.37-38 | Traditional Drama 1985 [Conference programme & Abstracts] |
| p.39 | Advert: Mumming Seminar: 18-20 October 1985, Mansion House, Corsham, Wiltshire |
| p.40 | Correspondence [any text should be looked at critically], by Craig Fees |
Vol.5, No.5 (1985)
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| p.41 | Publications News |
| p.41 | Second Minnesota Sword Dance & Mumming Ale [Contact details] |
| p.42-50 | Kent 'Seven Champions' and a Play from Milton Regis, by Carl Willetts |
| p.51 | Bembridge, Isle of Wight (SZ 6488) [Letter from the Stephen Roud Collection] |
| p.52 | Notes [Stuart Piggott Collection; Soviet Films; Masks and Mummers of Scandinavia] |
Vol.5, No.6 (1985)
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| pp.53-61 | A Handlist to the C.E.C.T.A.L. Microfilm of the Alex Helm Collection, by Ervin Beck and Paul Smith |
| p.61 | Publications News |
| p.62 | Drama in Hull and District (TA 0928) [Extracts from T.Sheppard, 1927] |
Vol.6, No.1 (1986)
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| pp.1-3 | 'Traditional Drama Studies': A New Journal, by Paul Smith and J.D.A.Widdowson |
| pp.3-4 | Fragments from Hastings, Sussex (TQ 8109) |
| pp.4-5 | copy: Mechanical Drama [from Charles Manby Smith's Curiosities of London Life, 1853] |
| p.5 | Publications News |
| p.6 | Traditional Drama 1986: A One Day Informal Seminar on Aspects of Current Traditional Drama Research [Call for papers] |
Vol.6, No.2 (1986)
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| pp.7-8 | For O! For O! The Hobby Horse is (Not) Forgot, by Paul Smith |
| p.9-11 | Facsimile: "Mumming." A Quaint Olf Custom, from The New Penny Magazine, 1900 |
| p.12 | 18th Century Mummers at Sherborne, Glos. (SP 1714), by Keith Chandler |
Vol.6, No.3 (1986)
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| p.13 | [Various medical adverts from the Norfolk Chronicle, 1894] |
| pp.14-15 | Facsimile: Christmas Eve in Devonshire, with an Illustration by Stockdale, from the Illustrated London News, 1850 |
| p.16 | Correspondence [on Kent & Isle of Wight plays, and Stuart Piggott MSS], by E.C.Cawte |
| pp.16-17 | Correspondence [on C.Willetts, Roomer Vol.5, No.5 (1985)], by Craig Fees |
| p.17 | Publications News |
| pp.18-22 | Review by Craig Fees of Ancient and Mediaeval Theatre: A Historiographical Handbook by Ronald W.Vince |
| p.22 | Berkshire Plays [Call for information] |
Vol.6, No.4 (1986)
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| pp.23-32 | Out of Darkness, by Paul Smith [Shadow plays & games] |
| p.33 | Traditional Drama and Theatre History: Some Recent and Forthcoming Events, by Tom Pettitt |
| p.34 | Publications News |
Vol.6, No.5 (1986)
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| pp.35-39 | A Structural Analysis of an Irish Mumming Play, by Maureen F.Voigt |
| p.39 | B.B.C. Mummers - Part 1 |
| pp.40-41 | Mumming at Chadlington (Oxfordshire): A Note on Some Recently-collected Material, by Keith Chandler |
| pp.41-42 | 'Mummering: The Second Reason for Christmas' [Article from the Evening Telegraph, St.John's, Newfoundland, 1987 |
| pp.43 | Mummers are making a Comeback [Article from the Evening Telegraph, St.John's, Newfoundland, 1987 |
| p.44 | Publications News |
Vol.6, No.6 (1986)
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| p.45 | The Future of Roomer, by Steve Roud |
| pp.46-55 | Bibliographic Essay on Afro-American Folk Drama, by Deborah Bowman Richards |
| pp.55-56 | Correspondence, from Craig Fees [on M.Voigt's article in Roomer, Vol.6, No.5 (1986) pp.35-39] |
| pp.56-57 | Theatre Museum [Reprinted from the Times Educational Supplement, 1987] |
| pp.57-58 | Possible Origin for the Name 'Tipteers' or Tipteerers', by Peter Millington |
| p.59 | Advert: Traditional Drama Research Group Publications |
| p.60 | Publications News |
Vol.7, No.1 (1988)
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| p.1 | The Future of Roomer |
| p.1 | Traditional Drama Conference |
| p.1 | Note to Future Cataloguers |
| pp.2-9 | The B.B.C. and Mumming No.1, by Craig Fees |
| pp.9-13 | The West Marden Tip-Teering [Collected by Mervyn Plunkett] |
| p.13 | International Society for the Study of Medieval Drama (SITM) [Conference] |
| p.14 | Publications News |
| p.15-16 | Roomer Reviewed, by Peter Robson [Reprinted from Folk Music Journal, 1988 |
Vol.7, No.2 (1989)
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| pp.17-20 | 'Janneying in Tilting, Fogo (Newfoundland)', Part 1, by Marion Bowman |
| pp.21-22 | Student Theses, Dissertations & Papers Held in the Institute of Dialect & Folklife Studies Archive, University of Leeds, compiled by Craig Fees] |
| p.22 | Traditional Drama Conference [Plea for papers] |
| p.22 | [Publication & Exhibition News] |
| pp.23-26 | The BBC and Mumming No.2: The BBC's Influence on Folk Customs: A Case (1), by Craig Fees |
| pp.27-28 | A London Quack Doctor [Reprinted from the Croydon Chronicle, 1879] |
Vol.7, No.3 (1989)
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| pp.29-33 | Où se trouve ce jeu de Mummers, by Peter Millington [Lincolnshire Recruiting Sergeant play, translated into French by H.G.M.Murray-Aynsley, 1889] |
| pp.34-38 | Janneying in Tilting, Fogo (Newfoundland), Part 2, by Marion Bowman |
| pp.39-40 | Publications News |
| p.40 | Addition to List of Student Theses, Dissertations & Papers Held in the Institute of Dialect & Folklife Studies Archive, University of Leeds |
| pp.40-43 | Tiddy to Ordish, by Steve Roud [letters from R.J.E.Tiddy to T.F.Ordish from the Ordish Papers] |
| p.44 | More Publications News |
| p.45 | Facsimile: 'Our Special Cartoonist Visits Cropwell Bishop' [The Plough Boys. Reprinted from Nottinghamshire Countryside, 1939] |
| pp.46-48 | Review by Tom Pettitt: Christmas Mumming in a North Cotswold Town with Special Reference to Tourism, Urbanisation and Immigration-related Social Change, by Craig Fees [PhD Dissertation] |
Vol.7, No.4 (1990)
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| pp.49-56 | Customary Drama: Towards a Contextual Typology, by Tom Pettitt |
| p.57 | Publications News |
| pp.58-66 | BBC and Mumming No.3: An Initial List, by Craig Fees |
| pp.67-68 | Bits and Pieces [from Kent and Wiltshire] |
Vol.8, No.1 (1991)
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| pp.1-3 | Mumming in the Courts: 1. Newfoundland, from Julia Bishop |
| p.4 | Mumming in the Courts: 2. Guildford, from Steve Roud |
| pp.4-9 | Mumming and the BBC: Thoughts and Clippings, by Duncan Broomhead |
| pp.10-12 | Sources for the Mumming in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire 1860-1900, by Craig Fees |