The Charles Parker Archive is housed at Birmingham Archives and Heritage, but the online catalogue Access to Archives (A2A) means that a list of its digitised sound recordings can be browsed from any computer.
You can also visit the pages of the Charles Parker Archive at Birmingham City Council and the Connecting Histories collection
One of Charles Parker’s most significant contributions was to recognise the enormous value of the kind of language that we ordinary folk take for granted in our everyday conversations.
Here is the two minute version of a 1962 lecture in which he spoke about the style and the origins of the Radio Ballads.
Other ways you can get involved:
Have a look at the Trust’s latest Annual Report
Come along to the next Charles Parker Day on Friday 22 March 2013 at Salford University – full programme here
If you’re a radio student, consider entering for the Charles Parker Prize for Student Radio Features
Join the Friends of the Charles Parker Archive
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membership subscription form
Read an article on the “Birmingham Ballads”
Part 1 – Brian Vaughton, writer and compiler
