Lester Simpson is an English folk singer and former radio presenter on

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. He featured in the now defunct three-piece folk group Coope, Boyes and Simpson. Barry Coope died in 2021, as did his co presenter on Folkwaves, Mick Peat. The Belper Folk Club was a favourite with Lester in the early to mid 1970s. As a "floor singer" at this venue, he learned skills which he later developed with his fellows in Coope, Boyes and Simpson. Lester has now semi retired and is happily leading 4 choirs in Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

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