Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A182r
Creator(s): Russell, Ian
Site Location(s): Subject - Worrall, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.4247, -1.53884 )
Date(s): 2 February 1971
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 32' 12".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414232
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Col Revitt, recorded at home in Worrall, talks about carol singing with the Big Set (carol band) - describes the route taken, through Worrall, Wadsley and Oughtibridge, houses visited, carols requested, largesse given, money collected, pubs visited (in Loxley, Wadsley, Worrall and Oughtibridge); starting carol singing six weeks before Christmas - also at Wharncliffe Side, Stannington and Deepcar; end of the Big Set, pre-World War Two, and revival after the war; discusses old songs, singing with a local [?Worrall] Male Voice Choir, pub singing, part singing, carol manuscript books.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
Conditions regarding access to these sound recordings are held on file in Special Collections, University of Leeds. Users are requested to contact the Head of Special Collections in the first instance.
Conditions regarding use of these sound recordings are held on file in Special Collections, University of Leeds. Users are requested to contact the Head of Special Collections in the first instance.
Physical and technical conditions
2.4cm/sec.
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