Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A438r
Creator(s): Sullivan, Keith Frederick
Site Location(s): Subject - Rosedale Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.3534, -0.8874 )
Date(s): 2 April 1976
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 21' 37".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414489
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Bill Stomper, recorded at home in Rosedale Abbey; talks about the village, changes and loss of community spirit; harvest suppers and singing; dialect songs; favourite songs; Fred Linley; Arthur Champion; recollects local miners, the effect of the Depression and the closure of a local [?potash] mine in 1928; anecdotes re. old mining characters; Major John Fairfax-Blakeborough and his local knowledge; closure of Rosedale mine.
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Physical and technical conditions
?Copy tape. 9.5cm/sec. High recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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