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Folk Karaoke Battle

Old Buoy, 46 Tontine Street

Three moving-image copies | Batch received July 2026

Viewing note. The Fighting Talk sequence was recorded at the Old Buoy, 46 Tontine Street. Sound is present on all three copies. The longer item retains the original Fighting Talk label.

Cancelled Farl Programme

John Barleycorn Must Die programme sheet — Programme intended for Farl, 20 Cheriton Place, 26 June 2026. The performance was cancelled when the Bears did not arrive. A reschedule is pending. See cancellation file 010.

Moving-Image Copies

Archive copy	Catalogue note
	FKB/26/01 — Booth copy A. Duration: approximately 16 seconds. The Bear occupies a red booth beneath the words Folk Karaoke Battle at the Old Buoy, introduces the green Horse and behaves as though the disputed booking has already been settled in his favour.
	FKB/26/02 — Booth copy B. Duration: approximately 17 seconds. A second address from the same position. The Bear turns sufficiently far for the vest legend John Barleycorn Must Die to enter the record, then resumes his claim to the entertainment.
	FKB/26/03 — “Fighting Talk.” Duration: approximately 1 minute 38 seconds. Extended platform speech, pointing, vest display and Horse business at the Old Buoy. The closing passage shows the Bear in the pub with two crates. Whether these were prizes, props or simply in the way is not recorded.

The Portable Ring

The later photographs clarify an object previously described as a barrel hoop, arena, hobby-horse body and mobile licensed enclosure. It is all four. White braces support the wooden ring; a brown fringe conceals the operator; the Horse rises on a black staff at the front.

Inside a public house the ring resembles a very small bear pit. In the street it becomes a Hooden Horse. On the karaoke platform it is treated as evidence of a booking. The later exterior sequence belongs to the Mariner on the Stade.

Identification correction: the Bear-and-Horse pub still below is now catalogued as the Mariner's Pub, not the Old Buoy.

The Bear seated beside the portable ring in a pub — Old Buoy interior. Ring deposited beside the settle. The Bear has obtained a pint but no confirmed performance time.

The Bear and Horse facing one another in a pub — Bear and Horse at the Mariner's Pub. The rosette is attached to the Horse; the reason is absent from the surviving card.