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Harry Punt was born in
Fersfield in January 1856 and died in June 1944. His dulcimer passed down to
his granddaughter Connie Hannant and she and her son Ivan brought it along
to a dulcimer event in 2005 organised by the East Anglian Traditional Music
Trust. Connie was born in 1913, and remembered her grandfather playing when
she was a little girl.
In the 1880s Harry was a self-employed small farmer, later on he worked on
farms as a horseman around the village of Pulham St. Mary and a Kelly’s 1888
directory describes him as a beer retailer in the village. Connie recalled
that he liked his beer and used to play the dulcimer in pubs. She was born
in 1913 and remembered him playing when she was a little girl.
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