Harry Dearing (1880-1933)
In 2005, Ronnie Dearing brought his grandfather’s dulcimer along to show us at a dulcimer exhibition we held in Norwich.
His grandfather was Harry Dearing from Norwich who worked in a paper mill in 1901 and as an electric battery attendant at the Electric Works from at least 1911 to 1921. Harry’s father, William (b. 1844) worked in a variety of jobs, including a spell as an organ-grinder, so there was already music in the family. Ronnie himself is a musician, but although he inherited his grandfather’s dulcimer, unfortunately he never heard him play it.
Harry Dearing’s dulcimer
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