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George "Geordie" Ridley (1835 – 1864) was a Tyneside concert hall song writer and performer in the middle of the 19th century. His most famous song is "Blaydon Races". He was a contemporary of Edward Corvan.〔Allan, Thomas, ed. (1891 ()) ''Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs''; facsimile, with a new introduction by David Harker, ed. David Harker, pp. 446–9. Newcastle: Frank Graham.〕 He has been described by a council source as a candidate for Tyneside's most famous songwriter.〔http://www.asaplive.com/tram/tramroute/stop/2/destination/6/related/3/index.html Gateshead Council local history website retrieved 1 June 2013 says "Perhaps the most well known of Tyneside composers ".〕 == Early life == George Ridley was possibly the best known of all the Tyneside performers /composers from that era. He was born in Gateshead on 10 February 1835, to Matthew Ridley (b 28 Sep 1807) and Frances Stephenson. He was sent to Oakwellgate Colliery as trapper-boy at around the age of around 8 years, but soon moved on to The Goose Pit (The Gyuess), where he worked for 10 years before moving on. His next job was with the heavy Engineering firm of Messrs Hawkes, Crawshay and Co as waggon-rider where he stayed for three years. Whilst working here he was involved in a serious accident involving a wagon which went out of control and crushed him. This left him with a severe injury, which resulted in his being unfit for regular (heavy or manual) work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George "Geordie" Ridley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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