"As I was a-walking down Ratcliff Highway" – an East End street in traditional folk song

Several traditional folk songs make reference to Ratcliff Highway (modern day The Highway). Malcolm will examine the history of the street's notoriety and of the several folk songs associated with it, still popular in folk clubs today. For over twenty years Malcolm was the much-beloved Borough Archivist for Tower Hamlets. He now works part-time as Archivist for the English Folk Dance and Song Society at Cecil Sharp House.