[1] The folklorist Ian Russell described him as one of the finest traditional English singers "heard since the advent of sound recording.
"[2] He was born in either Fulwood, Sheffield[3] or Holme, West Yorkshire,[4] to Mary and Bill Hinchliffe, and grew up on Clough Fields Farm in nearby Crosspool.
[3] A 1973 interview with Hinchliffe is available in the Reg Hall Collection via the British Library Sound Archive.
Ian Russell described him as one of the finest traditional English singers "heard since the advent of sound recording.
[1] In 1982, he retired from work as a result of rheumatoid arthritis,[5] which he struggled with for the rest of his life.