Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A370r
Creator(s): Dunn, Ginette
Site Location(s): Subject - Snape, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.171, 1.50047 ); Subject - Blaxhall, East Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.161, 1.4619 )
Date(s): 10 September 1974
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 59' 34".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414421
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
George Bennett, recorded at home in Snape; sings 'Bring Back My Bonny', 'Dab a Little Powder On It, Father', 'The Laughing Policeman' [laughing only]; conversation, including GB's ?wife/?sister; talk of Mr. [?Lenny] Savage. [Tr. 1]
Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall [son, Lenny Savage, also present], sings 'If I Were a Blackbird' and 'O Grief O Grief' [part with Lenny Savage]; conversation re. her husband singing at a Harvest Supper; singing at home; sings 'Johnson' - learned from her father, who used to sing at the Ship Inn; songs sung by Nana Susan; the Candlestick Dance at the Ship; Lenny Savage talks about singing and singers, Cyril Poacher being recorded at the Grove pub; drink; song ownership; women singers; sing, say, or pay.
Priscilla and Lenny Savage discuss Blaxhall singers; talk about the song 'William Dearest William' - PS sings part. [Tr. 2]
Lenny Savage and Wicketts Richardson, recorded at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall, talk about the old days in Blaxhall, village life and weekenders; further discussion includes anecdotes about local people, and childhood recollections of practical jokes, Guy Fawke's Night, errands and clothes; WR talks about stone picking; LS talks about gleaning and pig-keeping. [Tr. 3]
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9.5cm/sec. High recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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