May 13th 1787...1st Fleet leaves Portsmouth for Australia (listen to The Transports by Peter Bellemy et al for the gripping tale of Henry & Susannah Cabel, 2 convicts on the First Fleet)
May 10th 1857...the Sepoy mutiny begins
May 19th 1935...T.E.Lawrence (of Arabia) dies from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Clouds Hill, his Dorset cottage, where he lived periodically thro'out his post WW1 military career.

June Tabor - Aqaba - Aqaba - Shanachie Records
Johnny Collins et al - South Australia - Shanties & Songs Of The Sea - ARC Music
Mike & Norma Waterson - The Ballad Of Henry & Susannah - (VA)The Transports - Topic Records
Martyn Wyndham-Read - Never-Neverland - Sunlit Plains - Fellside Recordings
Ceolbeg - India - Ceolbeg 5 - GreenTrax Recordings
Peter Bellamy - Gunga Din - Wake The Vaulted Echoes - Free Reed Music
Jonny Hardie & Gavin Marwick - The Siege Of Delhi - The Blue Lamp - KRL
New St. George - All The Tea In India - High Tea - Folk Era
Alan Prosser - Empire Building - Hall Place - Rafting Dog
Fairport Convention - Jewel In The Crown - Jewel In The Crown - Woodworm Records
Dave Webber et al - Mandalay - (VA)The Widow's Uniform - Real CD
Dave Webber et al - Recessional - (VA)The Widow's Uniform - Real CD
Anandar Shankar - Bogsdollox - E-CD #9 - Real World

Playlists:1999 2000

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