Thomas, his wife Margaret, their eldest son Thomas (Junior) and second son, George Angus were members of a
Tyneside
Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in northern England. Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies. The whole area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt.
The population of Tyneside as publishe ...
family who ran a printing and publishing business between 1774 and 1825, very important at the time for the
Chapbook business.
Business
The “Angus Family” printing business was founded by Thomas Angus in 1774 and quickly became one of the leading printers of
Chapbooks. He actually employed a young
Thomas Bewick
Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 17538 November 1828) was an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving cutlery, making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating ch ...
from 1774 to 1776. The company occupied premises in The Side,
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Thomas (senior) died in 1784 and his widow Margaret took over the running of the business. By the year 1800 the name of the enterprise had been changed to M Angus & Son with son Thomas (Junior) as a partner until his death in 1808.
At this stage the second son George became the junior partner.
Margaret retired
in December 1812 and George continued to run the business, changing the name again to G Angus, until his bankruptcy in 1825, when all his stock was auctioned.
Henry Robson and
Robert Emery were at one time apprenticed to the Angus family business.
Works
These include :-
Thomas (senior) - who printed :
* Numerous street literature and
Chapbooks
* the rules of The Philosophical Society of 1775
Margaret - who published :
* Specimens of Wood Engraving by Thomas and John Bewick” (Hugo, 4097) in 1798
*
John Bell’s
Rhymes of Northern Bards
''Rhymes of Northern Bards'' (full title – "Rhymes of Northern Bards: being a curious collection of old and new Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, Northumberland and County Durham, Durham – Edited b ...
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* Newcastle Garland c1805
George - who published :
* A Collection of New Song, published c1810 (which included “The Weymouth Frigate”, “William at Eve or William at Eve's Garland”, “Say, Bonny Lass”, “Rat tat too”, “Still from Care and thinking free,” and “Loose every Sail to the Breeze”.][
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See also
* Geordie dialect words
Geordie () is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect used by its inhabitants, also known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English. There are different definitions of what constitut ...
* Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings
''Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings'' is a book of Tyneside popular and traditional songs consisting of approximately 400 song lyrics on over 600 pages, published in 1891. It was reprinted in 1972 by Frank Graham, Newca ...
* Rhymes of Northern Bards
''Rhymes of Northern Bards'' (full title – "Rhymes of Northern Bards: being a curious collection of old and new Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, Northumberland and County Durham, Durham – Edited b ...
References
External links
Bards of Newcastle
Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings
English music publishers (people)
People from Newcastle upon Tyne (district)
Music in Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbrian folklore
Geordie songwriters
19th-century British businesspeople
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