Herbert Greene, died 1980

The following has been received from Peter B Green:

“My grandfather Herbert Greene played the concertina professionally and was quite well known in his day. He had a lifelong passion for it, especially the Wheatstone Duet and he played really well. I recently digitized some of his old recordings from tape and uploaded them to YouTube”.

Here is Peter’s playlist of the Herbert Greene recordings. 

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Obituary for Percy Honri

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Father Kenneth Loveless, 1985

Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, 1 August 1911-19 March 1995 Submariner Dancer Deacon 1949 Priest 1950 Vicar, Holy Trinity with St Mary 1954-68 Area Dean of Hackney 1968-76 MBE 1990. Father Kenneth Loveless earned an obituary in The Observer. He was President of the…

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Michel Van der Meiren
Michel Van Der Meiren

Michel Van der Meiren We greatly regret having to announce the death of Michel Van Der Meiren, the ICA webmaster. Michel died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack on March 24th 2020. It was not coronavirus related. Many ICA members will remember Michel from…

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Dave Cornell (1939-2019) Retired Opera Singer and MacCann duet Player

Photo by Jody Kruskal

Dave Cornell of the USA sadly passed away during the last week of May after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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Jon McNamara 8 July 1943 – 27 May 2019

It is with sadness that the ICA has to announce the passing of Jon McNamara on 27 May 2019. Jon was ICA member since 1998. He for many years until 2016 chaired the committee of the ICA, edited and published many music supplements until 2014…

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Geoff Thorp passed away

Sadly one of ICA’s life members Geoff Thorp sadly passed away early last Monday morning whilst he and his wife Carol and their Spanish Language Group were in Spain on holiday. He was a regular at the Kilve and Swaledale weekends and for many years…

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