Lester Simpson is an English folk singer and radio presenter on

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in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and

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. He features in the three-piece folk group

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, and on the ''

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'' radio program with

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. The Belper Folk Club was a favourite with Lester in the early to mid 1970s. As a "floor singer" at this venue, he learned skills which he later developed with his fellows in Coope, Boyes and Simpson.

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