England: Victorian taborers

England: history of the pipe and tabor

Victorian taborers (1830 - 1900)

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1831 satire on the Duke of Gloucester

1832 Missing taborer 1832

Bucks Gazette - Saturday 11 February 1832

1833 in ‘Comic Offering’

'Literature of the Day' Durham County Advertiser - Friday 22 November 1833

1847 Death notice for pipe and tabor player: 1847 Death notice for pipe and tabor player:

Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury - Saturday 01 May 1847

1849 Player in London 1849 Banbury Guardian - Thursday 10 May 1849

1857 ‘A Little Gossip About Christmas’ 1857

Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser - Saturday 26 December 1857

1862 ‘Exeter Working Men’s Mutual Improvement Society Annual Meeting’ 1862

Western Times - Saturday 25 January 1862

1863

Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette - Saturday 26 December 1863

1864 'December' 1864

‘The Book of Days. A miscellany of popular antiquties, in connection with the calendar ‘
edited by R. Chambers page 653

1870 "Mr Lowesley showed part of his antiquarian collection of curiosities to the Field Club, which
included a pipe and tabor"
Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser - Thursday 06 October."

1872 advertisement for an entertainment at Crystal Palace
‘Comical Ballet Extraordinary’ which included “Sports
and Pastimes of the 15th century, such as Pipe and Tabor”

Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle - Saturday 13 April 1872

1872 Salisbury and South Wilts Museum – third annual loan collection:
‘Mrs Mayo sends a superb pair of figures, the male playing on pipe and tabor the female on the triangle’ 1872 Salisbury and Winchester Journal - Saturday 29 June 1872 [ examples of these figures here]