The Yorkshire Garland Group

Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones with Steve Gardham handing over some of the archive material and sketches of folk song collectors Mary and Nigel Hudleston.

In September 2025, the custodianship of The Yorkshire Garland group was officially handed over to the capable hands of Yorkshire folk music pioneers Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones. They are looking forward to carrying on the amazing work already done by the previous committee and volunteers and will be working closely with them to ensure a smooth transition.

The Yorkshire Garland Not-for-Profit Group was formally constituted in 2006 and now has 15 Volunteer helpers.

Current List of Active Members

Steve Gardham, Chair, performer, project leader, provenances
Ray Padgett, Treasurer, performer, project leader, volunteers co-ordinator
Ray Black, Publicity, performer, desk-top publishing, score arranger
Mary Garrison, Secretary, funding
Bill Sowerby, performer, musical transcriber
Michael Jary, Webmaster.
Ann Berriman, project leader
Paul and Liz Davenport, performers, project leaders, graphic design
Pete and Sue Coe, performers, project leaders
Mark Ellison, performer, key words and genres
John Greaves, performer, project leader
Bryony Griffiths, performer, project leader
Tony Morris, performer, project leader
Jim Potter, performer, workshop leader
John Wainwright, Interactive Map project leader.
Alma Wright, performer, project leader.
Plus numerous other performers and advisors who occasionally contribute and perform on the many recordings.

The Committee in 2015

The Committee in 2006

The Committee in 2007

The Yorkshire Garland Group Committee 2012 and some of our Volunteers

Standing left to right: Bill Sowerby, John Greaves, Mark Ellison and Jim Potter (Volunteers);. Steve Gardham (Chairman), Mike Parsey (Secretary). Kneeling: Ray Black (Publicity), Ray Padgett (Treasurer).