Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A572r
Creator(s): Neale, Brenda Ann
Site Location(s): Subject - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7965, -1.54785 )
Date(s): 18 March 1976
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 93' 44".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414623
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
[Collector announcement]; female, recorded in her parents' house in Leeds; talks about her engagement celebrations (who attended, clothes worn); earlier celebrations with friends; fiancé meeting informant's friends, friends' opinions and fiancé's character; previous boyfriends; importance of height; fiancé's age; wedding dress/accessories - head dresses, veils, dress colour; throwing the garter; engagement ring; wedding bouquet; wedding plans - influences on arrangements; wedding guests; bridal magazines; paying extra for church bells and choirboys; wedding etiquette; reception; food; wedding cake (tier for christenings); bride and groom first dance, money pinned to them; dancing at the reception; music; children; food arrangements; drinks; speeches and toasts; honeymoon; finishing work before the wedding; final week; night before wedding; hen night. [Tr. 1]
Talk of the local area as a place to live; house prices; informant's education; first job; thoughts on living with parents after marriage, on moving away from Leeds; meeting in-laws for the first time; relationship with in-laws; engagement ring; proposal; thoughts on love and marriage as a child; beliefs, charms re. love and marriage - apple peel, Candlemas Eve (divination); first wedding attended, aged eight; importance/significance of being married. [Tr. 1]
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