Sound Recordings, Suffolk
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A394r
Creator(s): Dunn, Ginette
Site Location(s): Subject - Blaxhall, East Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.161, 1.4619 )
Date(s): 2 November 1974
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 86' 29".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414445
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Geoff Ling, recorded at home in Blaxhall; sings 'The Green Bushes', learned from his grandfather, Aaron Ling; singers in the Ling family; Harvest Frolics; the Ship Inn, singing and the segregation of women; mother's singing and dancing [mother née Susan Poacher]; prizes for entertainment; sings song sung by her father, Oscar Ling, 'My Sweet Irish Girl'; the growing stone at Stone Farm; father's work as a horseman; GL's work on the farm; farm wages; houses lived in; Lords of the Manor; family; World War Two experiences with the Suffolk Regiment in Japan - prisoner of war; farm work and decline in the local area; population of Blaxhall; marriage and children; work at a water plant; singing and television appearance on the BBC's 'As I Rode Out'; filming at the Ship Inn; learning songs; singing at Harvest Frolics; bread baking; the name Blaxhall; the Ling family; Gypsy Traveller communities; singing licences; singing at the Ship Inn, giving order, singers and song ownership; songs learned from
his mother; sings 'In the Shade of the Apple Tree'; comments on what makes a good singer; step dancing and his mother's dancing; the Candlestick Dance.
Discussion and description of the Candlestick Dance; women in pubs; acorn picking for pig feed, crow scaring, gleaning, farm machines and the drag rake; pub games, including quoits; singing at the Golden Key pub in Snape, and playing quoits; village rivalry; comments on changes in pub activities and singing, pop music; singing at a London Working Men's Club; family of singers; sings 'You Wished Me to Forget You', learned from his grandfather Darkie Poacher; sings 'Little Brown Road', learned from his mother. [Tr. 3]
Geoff Ling and Cyril Poacher, recorded at Grove Farm in Blaxhall on the 17 November 1974. GL sings 'The Green Bushes' and 'Grief O Grief', learned from his grandfather, Aaron Ling; Cyril Poacher sings part of 'If I Were a Blackbird'; GL sings 'Little Ball of Yarn'; CP sings part of 'The Burden of the Spray'; both talk about remembering songs; GL sings 'Maggie May' and 'A Group of Young Squaddies' [latter heard at the Ship Inn]; CP sings part of 'The Dark Eyed Sailor'; GL sings 'Over the Burning Plains of Egypt'. [Tr. 1]
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Notes on terminology and spellings
Please note that there may be differences in the terms used to describe the particular communities represented in this collection, many of which have changed over time and may continue to change.
At the time this catalogue was created there are many definitions that identify different cultural and ethnic groups with their varied histories, traditions and associations with a travelling life.
These can include but are not limited to those that have been recognised in UK law as ethnic groups; English and Welsh (Romany) Gypsies, Irish and Scottish Travellers; and non-ethnic groups that consider themselves distinct even if these have not been recognised in UK law, e.g. New Travellers, Showmen and Bargees. Outside of the UK 'Gypsy' may also be considered offensive and ‘Roma’ is often used instead as the universally preferred term although this term also represents a wide range of distinct groups, (e.g. Sinti, Manouche).
It is our intention to respectfully and (where possible) accurately refer to these different communities in the catalogue. For this reason we ask you to note the following with regards to the descriptions in this catalogue that have been based on these current definitions:
1) As many of these definitions have only come into being since the collection was created/1st catalogued, please be aware that original descriptions may not accurately reflect the group to which it refers, (e.g. the word 'Gypsy,' may have been used to describe those now recognised as Irish Travellers/Roma). Therefore it is worth searching under various terms, e.g. 'Romany' and 'Traveller,' to broaden the scope of search results as well as using the alternative historical spellings, 'Gipsy,' 'Gipsie,' or ‘Romani.’
2) Where no original description exists and it is not possible to properly identify a distinct group they will be described as "Gypsy Traveller" (within UK setting), "Roma" for those living/recently originating outside the UK or "Gypsy, Traveller, Roma " for origin/locations unknown. References to any non - ethnic groups will similarly be capitalised to respectfully acknowledge all groups.
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. High recording level. Adjusted on AC copy. Intermittent buzzing sound throughout.
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