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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/A580

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A580

Creator(s): Malden, John

Site Location(s): Subject - Ossett, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.6798, -1.58006 )

Date(s): 23 July 1971

Size and medium: 1 audiocassette (C120).; Duration: 23' 09".

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414631

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

Description

J. Burdekin of Burdekin's Baskets, recorded in his workshop in Ossett; describes how to make a laundry hamper, talks about the properties of cane, apprentices and keeping willow damp [male and female ask questions]; JB describes what is happening in the workshop [voices obscured at times by noise of machinery]; [outside] examines cane chairs, bought from Spain; [machinery noise]; talk of canes used; examines imported (cheaper) items - furniture, mats and other items in the store room; brief conversation with one of JB's employees re. names for tools; [engine noise obscuring conversation - ?tape recorder left running whilst travelling in a coach.]


The tour of his workshop, factory, showroom and storerooms, led by J. Burdekin, was organised for the benefit of a group attending a Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life and Local History field trip.

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Physical and technical conditions

Cassette originally unboxed. Tape badly creased near the beginning, which affects the sound quality. Re-splicing has also been necessary.

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