Sound Recording, Suffolk
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, Suffolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A402r
Creator(s): Dunn, Ginette
Site Location(s): Subject - Blaxhall, East Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.161, 1.4619 )
Date(s): 30 June 1975
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 62' 41".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414453
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Arthur Drewery, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about his song repertoire; sings 'The Blackboard of My Heart'; reference to the Blaxhall Ship Inn, and the Lion pub, Little Glemham; learning songs from his father pre-World War Two; employment; the Marines; sings 'You Never Know What Times May Bring You To'; collector asks AD's mother about singing at the Ship Inn, step dancing and Wicketts Richardson as Chairman; sing, say, or pay; young people and the decline of pub singing; pop music; comments on Ship Inn singers, Geoff Ling, Cyril Poacher, Bob Scarce and Tommy Curtis; sings 'Where Does Father Christmas Go To in the Summertime?'; learning songs.
Arthur Drewery sings 'Don't Step on Mother's Roses'; comments on Bob Scarce; sings part of 'The Sailor and His True Love', and 'Old Shep' [the latter learned from Jake Foreman]; comments on singing/singers in Blaxhall; meaning in songs; singer's delivery; fights at the Ship Inn; attitudes towards the pub; Blaxhall Rovers concert party; Harvest Frolics; sings part of 'The Boy with No Shoes'.
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. High recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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