Folk on Foot Classic: Sandra Kerr (and Nancy Kerr) in Warkworth

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Enjoy this classic episode from January 2024.

The beloved baggy cloth cat Bagpuss is fifty years old in 2024. We celebrate his birthday by visiting Sandra Kerr at her home in the Northumberland village of Warkworth. Sandra co-wrote and arranged the music for the series and provided some of the voices. In her cosy music room she shows us her Bagpuss souvenirs, reflects on the show’s enduring appeal and sings one of the songs. Then, on a walk along the River Coquet, Sandra looks back to the folk revival of the 1960s, recalling working as a nanny for Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger in exchange for music lessons. Finally, she’s joined by her daughter Nancy Kerr to play traditional Northumbrian dance tunes. A warm, fascinating and entertaining meeting with one of the enduring stars of the folk world.

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0:00.0	Hello, we've now launched well over 70 episodes of Folk on Foot, and we thought you might like some help in picking out which ones to listen to first.
0:09.1	So, each month, we're going to repost a Folk on Foot classic, hoping you'll enjoy delving into our back catalogue, listening again if you're a devoted fan, or for the first time if you're a recent convert.
0:21.3	As always, we need your support, so if you like what devoted fan or for the first time if you're a recent convert. As always, we need your support.
0:23.5	So if you like what we do,
0:24.8	please become a member,
0:26.1	buy a t-shirt or just treat us to a coffee.
0:28.9	You can do all that at the links in the show notes
0:31.1	or at folk-on-foot.com slash support us.
0:34.8	Thank you and enjoy this folk-on-foot classic.
1:19.7	Music slash support us. Thank you and enjoy this Folk on Foot classic. We're back in the glorious county of Northumberland to meet somebody who played a huge part in the folk revival of the 1960s and who is still going strong.
1:28.8	Sandra Kerr is something of a legend in folk music circles and I'm so looking forward to meeting her and she lives in some beautiful countryside which I'm hoping she'll take us for a walk in and I'm so looking forward to meeting her. And she lives in some beautiful countryside,
1:30.9	which I'm hoping she'll take us for a walk in.
1:34.3	And I'm also hoping that we're going to meet her daughter, Nancy,
1:37.0	who, of course, has taken part in this podcast before.
1:40.1	So the two of them together will be a real treat. Thank you. Sandra, how lovely to see you, and thank you for having us into your beautiful home.
1:56.9	You're very welcome.
1:58.2	And we're sitting in a room which is redolent with music, isn't it?
2:02.9	Is this your music room?
2:04.1	Oh, absolutely.
2:05.2	And it's where I work.
2:06.5	It's where I write lectures.
2:08.1	It's where I write songs.
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