Roy Palmer was a teacher and headmaster in Birmingham who wrote more than thirty books on folk song and folklore. He was especially interested in the songs of the Midlands and the Welsh borders. With Charles Parker he helped set up the Birmingham and Midland Folk Centre, and in 2003 he received the Gold Badge of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
Roy Palmer
Folk song historian and author
- Born
- 10 February 1932, Markfield, Leicestershire
- Died
- 26 February 2015