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Sound recording, story; a folk tale and cumulative tale told by a pupil as part of The West London Storytelling Unit Storytelling in High Schools Project, at Elthorne High school, Hanwell, London which took place on the 4th, 11th 15th and 18th of November 1983

Story told by Pupil. A women finds a six-pence and buys a pig, but on her way home her pig refuses to climb over a stile. She asks a series of other characters, animals, objects and elements to try to get the pig over the stile.

audience:- child; Elthorne High School Pupils; school group
    recording quality
condition:- fair
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 4 minutes

The West London Storytelling Unit at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, TUUP and Daisy Keable.

The West London Storytelling Unit (W.L.S.T.U), was founded in 1981, by members Ben Haggarty, Godfrey Duncan and Daisy Keable and based in an Afro-Caribbean Youth Centre, the Priory in Acton. The members worked together and as solo artists, telling stories mainly in school and community contexts in London. Over time performances for adults also began to be developed. In 1983 W.L.S.T.U became The Storytelling Unit with Marva Cumberbatch, Pomme Clayton and Daisy Keable. In or around 1985 Daisy Keable and Marva Cumberbatch left the Storytelling Unit, at which point Ben Haggarty rejoined and worked with Sally Pomme Clayton for a brief period before the group was disbanded. The increased interest and demand for storytelling performance for adults led to the formation of The Company of Storytellers in 1985.

storytelling:- storyteller
female / child

origin:- Europe


administration:- administrator; promoter: The West London Storytelling Unit
storyteller: Ben Haggarty
storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable
storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan


storytelling:- Hanwell, London, England: Elthorne High School
04 Nov 1983
11 Nov 1983
15 Nov 1983
18 Nov 1983
educational event; school event: The West London Storytelling Unit Storytelling in High Schools Project


gift from:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty


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