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Echoes of Percy French - Ephemera. Though he died in 1920 Percy French's memory didn't follow him into the grave. Like all great men his legacy can be traced through time, right down to the present day. This "echo" of his life can be found in many unusual and interesting ways. This is our collection of Percy French Ephemera. If you have anything to add to this collection, please Contact Us. "In the 1960's Smithwicks experimented with rebranding its No. 1 Ale and its Barley Wine by replacing the family name with the word "Time" in an effort to stem the loss of business in England due to increased competition. The strategy worked, but by 1966 the name change had been reversed" From: "Smithwicks 300 - Celebrating Three Centuries of Craft". Free Magazine with "The Irish Times". 26 April 2010.
A complete set of Time Beer, Percy French Themed beer-mats from 1962/3. "Phil the Fluter's Ball" (BBCS # 11), "Mountains O'Mourne" (BBCS # 12), "The Pride of Petravore" (BBCS # 13), "Come Back Paddy Reilly" (BBCS # 14), McBreen's Heifer (BBCS # 15), "Little Bridget Flynn" (BBCS # 16), "Slattery's Mounted Fut" (BBCS # 17) and "Are You Right There Michael" (BBCS # 18). BBCS = British Beermat Collectors Society Catalogue Number.
"The Percy French Memorial, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland" Postcard by John Hinde (Copyright). No date. General Purpose Card by Chordcraft Cards, Dublin showing a girl reading a letter on the Down coast and a verse from "The Mountains of Mourne". No date (2009?).
Programme (above) and cover (front and back) of free EP (below) for "Phil the Fluter" at the Palace Theatre, London. (1969).
"Slattery's Mounted Fut"and "Phil the Fluters Ball" art-cards by L. Anthony (artist) and Lawrence of Dublin. Date: ca. 1912. (left card postdate: 1919)
"Percy French Memorial, Newcastle, Co. Down". Two cards - left, published by the N.P.O., Belfast., (postdate: 1964) and right, Valentine & Sons Dundee & London, (postdate 1958). These are some of many postcards depicting the Percy French Memorial in Newcastle. We welcome others. If you have any please contact us.
A postcard from the Irish Humour series by Valentine of Dublin, "Phil the Fluter's Ball", a programme for the Percy French Society Concert Party at The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, Dublin on 22 & 23 May 1998 - Others welcome - and a calendar from 1960/61 by Smithwick & Sons, a forerunner for the beer-mats depicted at the top of the page. Images are not to scale. This material forms part of the "Echoes of Percy French" collection, which is part of the Local Studies Archive at Roscommon County Library. If you have similar material please consider donating it to the collection or contact us. |
