Doc Rowe

Folklorist, film maker and archivist of customs

Born
1944, Torquay, Devon
Website
docrowe.org.uk

Doc Rowe is a folklorist, author and film maker who has recorded the customs, songs and oral history of Britain and Ireland since the 1960s. A visit to the Padstow Obby Oss in 1963 set his course, and he has returned every May Day since. His large archive is housed in Whitby.

Further reading: Wikipedia