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	Jock Purdon: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Jock Purdon (November 16 1925 - 1998) was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow.
		Jock was 14 years old when World War II began and he saw his older brother, Robert, enlist in the Royal Scots[?] regiment and serve as a Commando for several years.
		Jock was featured on the Channel 4 Everyman TV series; six of his songs appear in Bert Lloyd[?]'s definitive collection pit poems and songs, Come All Ye Bold Miners and he published a radical album of poems and songs entitled Pitworks, Politics & Poetry.
	www.encyclopedian.com /jo/Jock-Purdon.html (501 words)

	Jock Purdon - Definition, explanation
		Because of the labour shortage in 1943, 1 man in 10 was conscripted to make up the manpower needs of the coal mining industry and Jock was one of the very first contingent designated for the mines on 14 Dec 1943, becoming a so-called "Bevin Boy".
		In 2004, the Cotia banner (subject of one of Jock's songs) was remade and carried to the Durham Gala with pictures of Jock and fellow miner and folksinger Jack Elliott of Birtley on the back.
		The banner was unfurled by Tony Benn, who is an admirer of Jock's poetry and songs.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/j/jo/jock_purdon.php (596 words)

	Jock Purdon Information
		Jock Purdon (November 16, 1925 - 1998), a poet and songwriter, was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow.
		Jock was 14 years old when World War II began and he saw his older brother, Robert, enlist in the Royal Scots regiment and serve as a Commando for several years.
		Jock was featured on the Channel 4 Everyman TV series; six of his songs appear in Bert Lloyd's definitive collection of pit poems and songs, Come All Ye Bold Miners and he published a radical album of poems and songs entitled Pitworks, Politics and Poetry.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Jock_Purdon (559 words)

	Jock Purdon
		Jock Purdon (November 16 1925 - 1998) was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow.
		Jock was 14 years old when World War II began and he saw his older brother, Robert, enlist in the Royal Scots[?] regiment and serve as a Commando for several years.
		Jock was featured on the Channel 4 Everyman TV series; six of his songs appear in Bert Lloyd[?]'s definitive collection pit poems and songs, Come All Ye Bold Miners and he published a radical album of poems and songs entitled Pitworks, Politics & Poetry.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/Jock_Purdon.html (463 words)

	Jock Muscle -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of radio broadcaster (sometimes a disk jockey) who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive.
		Shock jocks, as the current incarnation of this phenomenon, entered the American radio scene during the 1980s, and are still common into the 2000s.
		Jock itch, also called Crotch Itch, Bag Rot, tinea cruris or ringworm of the groin, is a fungal infection of the groin region.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/81/jock-muscle.html (1736 words)

	Purdon Family Crest
		In the Purdon coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
		The Purdon Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives.
		The Purdon Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/purdon-family-crest.htm (654 words)

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		"Jock" is the pseudonym of British comics artist Mark Simpson, most known for his work with Andy Diggle in 2000 AD and on The Losers.
		jock n 1: a person trained to compete in sports [syn: athlete] 2: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap]
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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This is a new purpose-built museum storage facility and visitor centre.
		The poet and folk singer Jock Purdon was born and grew up in Nitshill.
		Househill Mansion was built in the early 19th century to replace an earlier house on the lands of Househill belonging to the Dunlop family.
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	The Annotated Gaughan Discography - True and Bold
		Its real name was Harraton but it was given the nickname "Nova Scotia" (New Scotland) because of the large number of Scots who worked there, including Jock Purdon, who wrote this song.
		He promised miners, particularly those in Scotland, Northumberland, Durham that if they moved south to the coalfields of Nottinghamshire then they would have secure jobs and a bright future, hence the ironic reference in the song to "Roben's Promised Land".
		Jock Purdon worked at the 'Cotia and this song is therefore directly out of his own personal experience and emotions.
	www.dickgaughan.com /discog/dsc_true.html (719 words)

	Graham Stevenson: “No wonder we were all rebels- an oral history” by Jock and Betty Kane
		Jock's father, would personally have been proud to claim his rights under the Welfare in 1955, but would have been reluctant to seek the humiliation of the means test in the Thirties.
		Jock and I met when I was working in Sheffield in a factory and I was a member of the Communist Party.
		Jock was a trade union official and he was very active in the Communist Party so I really had the whole responsibility of bringing the children up because he very rarely saw them, perhaps at weekends.
	graham.thewebtailor.co.uk /archives/000092.html (24690 words)

	Hung Jock
		Jock is one of the most anticipated items from our...
		Jock of the Sword is come out of the north With his armour all burnished and bright, From his lance
		jock is way more comfortable than briefs - and boxers are a friggin nightmare (unless you are tiny).
	www.netactics.co.uk /hung_jock.html (383 words)

	NOVA \| Transcripts \| Nazi Prison Escape \| PBS
		JOCK HAMILTON-BAILLIE (former Colditz prisoner): Somebody dropped one and it broke, and there in the middle of it was a map, a very thin map.
		And people said, "Oh, goodness." And it was an orgy of breaking all our very precious gramophone records, seeing if there was (sic) any other maps.
		CORRAN PURDON (former Colditz prisoner): I was going to go out as a Belgian worker because I could speak a bit of French and I thought they would excuse my bad accent.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/transcripts/2803naziprison.html (6284 words)

	Headspace 20 - Architecture: Raw Materials - An Attitude To Material
		And I remember Dad coming home one night and he sat down at the table and said to my brother and myself and my Mum, "I've bought a boat." He said: "tomorrow morning we're going down to have a look at her", and we went down to Battery Point.
		In those days Battery Point was sort of fringed with boat yards, famous people like Max Creese, Jock Muir, Purdon and Featherstones, these wonderful names in Hobart's history.
		And when we got down there it was a Jock Muir's yard and you know those yards had a smell about them and depending on what timbers they were using - whether it was huon with its aromatic fragrance or King Billy with that wonderful sweetness.
	www.abc.net.au /arts/headspace/special/materials/wood/at_hm.htm (982 words)

	Bevin Boys: 25 Jul 2006: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		In Chester-le-Street, in my constituency, a famous Bevin boy was Jock Purdon.
		Jock married and stayed in Chester-le-Street after the war, and worked in the pits digging coal in 3 ft seams with water up to his knees.
		His experiences in the mines shaped his poems and songs, and led to his being known as "the miners' poet".
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2006-07-25a.841.0 (4138 words)

	Radio London - Who Found Whom - 2
		Keith 'Cardboard Shoes' Skues, is by no means a 'lost jock', but Kathy Cohen has asked us to point out that he is still broadcasting to the same East of England audience as he did from Radios Caroline and London in the 60s.
		John Sedd and John York are regularly forgotten as Big L jocks, as they both broadcast on the station for only a short time, and info about them is scant.
		Iain Purdon has been in touch to say that Radio City's Phil Jay is working for BFBS 2, Forces Radio.
	radiolondon.co.uk /jocks/whofound2.html (3704 words)

	Jock Items
		Jock Sturges - Evolution of Grace HTF Japan 1st ed
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	Facts about jock purdon
		He coined the word "Pitracide", meaning "to murder a pit for economic reasons".
		Scargill was secretary general of the National Union of Mineworkers and led the miner's strike.
		Jock Purdon - Definition of Jock Purdon by Webster's Online Dictionary
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/jock_purdon.html (515 words)

	Don Beauford's Pictures--VC-5--1950 and 1951 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A tragic footnote to this operation from the FDR was the crash on October 27 of BuNo.
		Joe also says that in the front row the third person is unidentified and that Jock Hay is fourth in the row.
		Joe doubts that the fourth person in the front row is Jock Hay.
	skaneateles.org /navy/beauford_pix.html (692 words)

	The Living Tradition magazine - Issues Index
		NewsFest – Focus on 7 Festivals through Sep - Nov Issue 64 - More information
		Danu - One of the most successful Irish groups in the last decade, Old Blind Dogs - Scots Trad Music Awards 'Best Band of the Year' 04, Ian Robb - An Englishman in Canada, Jack Elliott and Jock Purdon - Unfurl the 'Cotia Banner, Sam Pirt - Music, song and dance man
		The Songlinks Project - A brief history to date, Old Stagers - An 18th Century Guittar, Floating Crowbars, Idiots, and Whisky for Breakfast - Unusual tune names,
	www.folkmusic.net /htmfiles/issue_000.htm (2696 words)

	Latest News
		Written by Jim Boyes, to the tune of “Over the Hills and Far Away”, set in the early 19th century Derbyshire town of Belper, it’s a seditious song with a strong anti-monarchy and anti-aristocratic theme that still strikes a chord in modern society.
		The audience joined in with relish on the ever changing chorus of “Pleasant and delightful” and “Bound for Van Diemen’s Land”; the latter was written by North Easterner, Jock Purdon at the height of the 1972 Miners’ Strike, and has recently been adapted by Chumbawamba.
		The plight of refugees, and their mass migration, is not a modern phenomenon but perhaps the scale now is much greater.
	www.coopeboyesandsimpson.co.uk /latest_news.htm (3075 words)

	Twist of Fate
		A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
		Purdon (November 16, 1925 - 1998), a poet and songwriter, was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow.
		Poetic justice - Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct.
	am33.motorists-mico.com /twistoffate.html (941 words)

	FolkWorld CD Reviews
		Add in the warm glow of donating money to a worthy cause, and this becomes a must listen for those at all interested in the songwriters art.
		In which our favourite Leeds/Bradford based agit-prop outfit continue their debate with the establishment, combining their own radical lyrics and modern instrumentation with samples taken from the likes of Jock Purdon, Belle Stewart, Dick Gaughan and Kate Rusby.
		Deceptively easy to listen to and beautifully produced, it isn't until you read the lyrics (on the web site chumba.com) or listen closely that you realise this isn't pop music after all.
	www.folkworld.de /24/e/cds2.html (3549 words)

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