Complex sentence: On arrival in Britain after the war Seymour worked for a while on a Thames sailing barge, these traditional craft were still operating around the south and east coasts of England, here he picked up the folk songs of a disappearing occupation.
Split into simpler sentences: On arrival in Britain after the war Seymour worked for a while on a Thames sailing barge. These traditional craft were still operating around the south and east coasts of England, and here he picked up the folk songs of a disappearing occupation.