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Ian Churchward

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Retired bank clerk who is a singer songwriter

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The Legendary Ten Seconds (2025 Winner: Southern Enterprise Awards) - SME News The Legendary Ten Seconds is one of the 2025 winners of Southern Enterprise Awards.

Ianโ€™s Blog 2nd November 2025

I have won an award for my songs:-

smenews.digital/winners/the-...

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Ianโ€™s Blog 26th October 2025

I have now created a youtube project for the Ricardian novels of Sandra Worth and I have used one of my songs as the backing music.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRcF...
#richardiii #ricardian

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Our Daily Bread 647: Joel Cusumano, John Howard, Stripped Bananas, Vexationsโ€ฆ Brian โ€˜Bordelloโ€™ Sheaโ€™s Reviews Roundup โ€“ Instant Reactions. All entries in alphabetical order. Joel Cusumano โ€˜Waxworldโ€™Album (Dandyboy Records) 24th October 2025 I like this album. I was expectingโ€ฆ

Ianโ€™s Blog 19th October 2025

There is a very nice review of my Ricardian Churchward album included in the 16th October edition of Monolith Cocktail. This one really made me smile:-

monolithcocktail.com/2025/10/16/o...

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The Roaring Twenties: Entertainment in Torquay in the 1920s
YouTube video by South West Heritage Trust The Roaring Twenties: Entertainment in Torquay in the 1920s

Ianโ€™s Blog 12th October 2025

Some of my music and a song with lyrics written by Elaine can be heard as part of this film about Torquay in the 1920โ€™s. You can hear Elaine singing at the end of the film.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwB5...
#torquay

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Ianโ€™s Blog 5th October 2025 Spotify and Apple Music

ianchurchward.substack.com/p/ians-blog-... #richardiii #warsoftheroses #ricardian

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REVIEW OF โ€œRICARDIAN CHURCHWARDโ€ by Ian Churchward and the Legendary Ten Secondsโ€ฆ. Iโ€™ve had the honour of reviewing and contributing to some of the Legendary Ten Secondsโ€™ past output, and am delighted to have the chance to share my thoughts on this new album, which is entitled Riโ€ฆ

Ianโ€™s Blog 28th September 2025

The author Sandra Heath Wilson has reviewed my Ricardian Churchward album which was recorded in Torquay:-

murreyandblue.co.uk/2025/09/19/r...

#richardiii

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An Interview Withโ€ฆ Ian Churchward of The Legendary Ten Seconds Here is the next in our โ€˜An Interview Withโ€ฆโ€™ series. Ian Churchward, lives in Torquay in South Devon and his main hobby is writing and recording songs as The Legendary Ten Secondsโ€ฆ

Ianโ€™s Blog 21st September 2025

Here is link to a new feature about my songs on a Ricardian website:-

murreyandblue.co.uk/2025/09/17/a...

#ricardian #richardiii #warsoftheroses

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Ianโ€™s Blog 14th September 2025 Young River Poet

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Show 611 - Fresh from the Archives: Sandy Denny + The Larks (4/9/25) In "Fresh from the Archives" we revisit live sessions from past shows and play archive tracks by artists who will be playing locally soon or have just released new music. This show features a session ...

Ianโ€™s Blog 7th September 2025

Two of my songs were included on the Strummers & Dreamers 611 Fresh from the Archives radio show on Cambridge Radio on the 1st September. You can hear my songs at about 1 hour into the radio show.

www.mixcloud.com/Strummersand...

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Ianโ€™s Blog 31st August 2025 Songs

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Ianโ€™s Blog 24th August 2025 Red Rock acoustic music evening

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Ricardian Churchward
YouTube video by legendarytenseconds Ricardian Churchward

Ianโ€™s Blog 17th August 2025

I have used some of my photos of my recent visit to Middleham for my Ricardian Churchward song on youtube:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwnl...

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Ricardian Churchward A comedy song about being a Ricardian

Ianโ€™s Blog 10th August 2025

I have put one of my new Ricardian songs onto Soundcloud:-

soundcloud.com/the-legendar...

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As Above so Below (Exclusive pre album release track), by The Prophets of Zarquon track by The Prophets of Zarquon

Ianโ€™s Blog 3rd August 2025

Here is a link to some new music recorded by Lord Zarquon

theprophetsofzarquon.bandcamp.com/track/as-abo...

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Ianโ€™s Blog 27th July 2025

A Morris dancing group called Shakespeare Morris recently used a song from my Further Adventures Of album on Tik Tok. The song that they used was composed by myself and Martyn Hilstead and is called The Morris Dancers.

www.shakespearemorris.org.uk

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Ianโ€™s Blog 20th July 2025 Holiday in Yorkshire

Ianโ€™s Blog 20th July 2025

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Ianโ€™s Blog 11th July 2025 Coldridge

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The Daily Exodus

Today is the anniversary of when Plymouth in Devon was bombed by the German Luftwaffe for the first time. This was on the 6th July 1940. This is my song about this city during World War Two. open.spotify.com/track/582IKg...

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Ianโ€™s Blog 29th June 2025 Faceache

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#edwardv

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A Ricardian Argosy by The Legendary Ten Seconds Friend and critically acclaimed musician Ian Churchward of The Legendary Ten Seconds is sharing his latest album A Ricardian Argosy

Ianโ€™s Blog 22nd June 2025

Jay Brown helped with recording the songs for my Ricardian Argosy album that was recently released and here is a link to information about it on the really great Medieval Archivesโ€™ website

medievalarchives.com/RicardianArg...

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Ianโ€™s Blog June 2025

Yesterday I performed some of my Ricardian songs for the Devon and Cornwall branch of the Richard III Society in Plymouth, Devon. Lord Zarquon was playing his wonderful Mellotron sounds on his Memotron keyboard and Elaine was singing with me. #ricardian #richardiii

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I have composed a song about her

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I enjoyed visiting this castle a couple of years ago

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Coldridge Edward V celebration day
YouTube video by legendarytenseconds Coldridge Edward V celebration day

Ianโ€™s Blog 8th June 2025

I have put a selection of photos from last monthโ€™s Ricardian Coldridge event onto youtube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8cQ...

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Ianโ€™s Blog 1st June 2025

You can hear my song called How do you Rebury a King about Richard III at about 32 minutes into this radio show.

www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/al...

This is one of the alternative versions of my song which features a guitar solo played by Alfred Bolt.

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Ianโ€™s Blog 25th May 2025

Yesterday we drove to Coldridge and took part in the dedication of the Edward V stained glass window event. We performed a selection of our Ricardian Songs with Lord Zarquon on his Memotron keyboards.

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Review of โ€˜A Ricardian Argosyโ€™: The Latest from The Legendary Ten Seconds Here is a review of the latest album from The Legendary Ten Seconds โ€˜A Ricardian Argosyโ€™, which will be available in May. Cover of A Ricardian Argosy The Kingmakerโ€™s Wife โ€“ โ€ฆ

Ianโ€™s Blog 18th May 2025

There is a very nice review of the Ricardian Argosy album on this website

murreyandblue.co.uk/2025/04/27/r...

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South Devon musician to release Richard III concept album A SOUTH Devon musician is to release a concept album featuring songs about Richard III.

Ianโ€™s Blog 11th May 2025

My Ricardian Argosy album gets a mention in the Mid Devon Advertiser

www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/musicia...
#richardiii

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Ianโ€™s Blog 4th May 2025

There is an Edward V event in Coldridge coldridgevillagehall.lemonbooking.com/events/10/de...

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Philippa Langley's Song
YouTube video by legendarytenseconds Philippa Langley's Song

I love The Legendary Ten Seconds. Even if you're not obsessed with Richard III, you'll find this song and its video interesting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agwp... #music #video #RichardTheThird

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