Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A447r
Creator(s): Sullivan, Keith Frederick
Site Location(s): Subject - Ugthorpe, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.4903, -0.77531 )
Date(s): 29 November 1976
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 89' 00".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414498
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
[Collector announcement]; Luke Gallon, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about his family's ages and employment; discusses the recent quoits club social event [?Quoits Supper]; songs - practising, sources, repertoires of singers at the quoit social, song ownership, choice of songs and audience participation; young quoits players and plans for a lads' team; two Ugthorpe teams (A and B), number of players, club handicap; other teams; history of the game in Ugthorpe; use of horseshoes as quoits; revival of popularity in the game; prizes; encouragement of younger players; singing after matches - importance of someone to start the singing; the Gallon and White families.
LG talks about changes in quoit playing since his youth; other places with post-match singing; Ugthorpe and Lealholm noted for their singing; community spirit in the village, compared with others; thoughts on the future of quoit playing and singing in the village; organisation of singing and singing in other villages; favourite singers; pub landlord, the running of the pub and relations with the locals; dominoes drive, singing and food at the Quoits Supper; LG's sons; farm work during the Depression; farm employment opportunities locally; the local estate and amalgamation of smaller farms; the decline of the farming community; the moors, common land and common rights. Continues on tape LAVC/SRE/A448r.
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?Copy tape. 9.5cm/sec. Low recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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