Biography by Margaret Adamson from the out of print book “Broadaxe Ballads” by William Arthur Kernick and illustrated by his great grandson, Gary William Speak. William Arthur Kernick - A.K.A. Collie King. "A Dwellingup Dryblower, or Sleeper-Squaring Shakespeare is how Collie King was first introduced to the readers of The South-Western Advertiser, when in August… Continue reading Collie King, the Broadaxe Balladier
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