Cockersdale (band)

{{Short description|English folk music group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Cockersdale''' is a folk music singing group from West Yorkshire, England, founded by Keith Marsden of Morley (died 1991) and revived after his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cockersdale.com/|title=Cockersdale: one of the UK's top harmony groups|accessdate=20 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208133912/http://www.cockersdale.com/|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Their albums include ''Doin' the Manch'', recorded in 1988 and later reissued as a CD. The title song, written by Keith Marsden, refers to a pub crawl round the 27 or 28 pubs in Manchester Road, Bradford: "The Manch".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Howley|first1=Mel|title=COCKERSDALE "Doin' the Manch'" Fellside FECD72|url=http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/fecd72.htm|publisher=Living Tradition|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074243/http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=18943 Cockersdale] Mudcat Café

Category:English folk musical groups