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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/A208r

Details

Type of record: Archive

Title: Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A208r

Creator(s): Russell, Ian

Site Location(s): Subject - Grenoside, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.4423, -1.50276 ); Subject - High Bradfield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.4283, -1.59761 ); Subject - Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.4397, -1.4652 )

Date(s): December 1974

Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 63' 08".

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414258

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

Description

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, on the 25 December 1974. [Tr. 3]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A207r.


Grenoside Sword Dancers, performing their annual Boxing Day dance, in Grenoside, Sheffield. Includes a calling-on song and the dance (sound of dancers' clogs, clash of swords, audience applause, fiddle accompaniment, traffic noise). Some distortion due to wind noise picked up by the microphone. Recorded 26 December 1974. [Tr. 1]


Assembled company and soloists singing carols in the Cross pub, Bradfield , accompanied on the piano by John Danson. Margaret Yeardley sings 'Stannington', and Steve Brierly sings 'Christmas Tree'. Recorded 26 December 1974[Tr. 2]. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A209r.

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

Ecclesfield and Grenoside recorded at 19cm/sec; Bradfield recorded at 9.5cm/sec. Tape recorder batteries faded towards the end of the original Ecclesfield recording, affecting the playback speed. Speed adjusted on AC copy.

Related subjects / tags

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Carolling

Carols, English

Culture

England

English Language - Dialects

Folk Dancing

Folk Music

Folk singers

Folk songs, English

Grenoside

Singing

South Yorkshire

Sword-dance

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