Article: Sculpture celebrates daddy of hornpipe.(News)

Byline: By Tony Henderson

There are no verifiable images of James Hill, but his music lives on. Tony Henderson offers a portrait of the man.

The booming Tyneside of the mid-19th Century was a place of sharp contrasts. Scottish and Irish immigrants joined the influx from the rural North-East as people sought work in an area destined to becoming the industrial and energy powerhouse of Britain.

Living and working conditions were often grim as the population rose by a third from 1831-41 and by another 25% by 1851.

But there must also have been ...

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