Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A452r
Creator(s): Sullivan, Keith Frederick
Site Location(s): Subject - Ainthorpe, Danby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.4625, -0.9142 )
Date(s): 11 September 1976
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 43' 34".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414503
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
[Collector announcement]; Mrs. Weatherill and daughter Linda, recorded at home in Ainthorpe. Mrs. W. sings 'My Grandfather's Clock', 'Farmer's Boy' and one verse of 'Springtime in the Rockies'; talks about family singing when young, making their own entertainment, parents' and family's musical abilities; Castle Houses farm [?home]; evening/Christmas singing; Sankey hymn book; Methodism and Catholicism locally; church going; women's involvement in the harvest; daughter writing a book on Danby Parish customs and traditions; farming and Mrs. W's responsibilities as a girl; modern day changes - children moving away, not helping on the farms; changes in the area - newcomers from Teeside, housing and prices; changes in Danby; Mrs. W's children; schooling and improvements in education; the coming of electricity; transport improvements; mechanisation on the farm and changes in employment.
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Physical and technical conditions
?Copy tape. 9.5cm/sec. Low recording level. Adjusted on AC copy. Some drop out.
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