Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

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[Collector announcement]; Christopher Haddock [ Albert Haddock's brother] and Elsie Haddock, recorded at Sutton Gault on the 22 July 1975; talk about wild mushrooms and mushroom picking; mushroom ketchup and how to make it; berry picking; drilling with horses; commands to horses. [Tr. 3]


[Collector announcement]; Herbert Casbon, recorded in Mepal on the 23 July 1975; talks about the village school and its staff; Florence Nightingale; World War One; leaving school aged twelve to work on his uncle's farm; cleaning mangel-wurzles for five shillings a week; prices/living costs; agricultural labouring and labourers' wages; local street and farm names; gravel-digging; fishing with drag nets on the river; types of fish; water quality; collecting and selling rainwater; outside toilets; domestic lighting; cooking stoves and ovens; the bakehouse; turf as fuel; washing and the use of a copper; bathrooms; lists village's pubs (past and present); childhood practical jokes; sports and games; ferry across the Washes; price of beer; pub singing; the village Feast; Sunday School Anniversary; pub singing; recites some of the words to 'If Those Lips Could Only Speak'[ 'Beautiful Picture in a Golden Frame']; life expectancy of Fen people.


Herbert Casbon talks about his involvement in managing the village school; school visits to discuss the old times with current pupils; gleaning; thrashing corn; pig killing; school punishments, heating, centenary; new school house; food and drink taken at school when HC was a boy. [Tr. 4]


[Collector announcement]; George Chapman [?wife also present], recorded at Stretham on the 24 July 1975; talks about the village - size and changes in the population, shops and pubs; Sunday School and church attendance; working on the land as a boy; thatched corn stacks; farm horses; carriers' carts to Ely and Cambridge; farm wages; village water supply; domestic lighting and heating; gleaning; brick ovens; pig killing and meat curing; washing and sanitation; cycling; village flower show and sports day; local farm crops; working the land with horses; migrant workers, including Gypsy Traveller communities; living conditions; traditional medicine; working on the University farm in Cambridge; village monument; Roman remains in the area; bog oaks (submerged tree trunks, also referred to as black oaks) and other finds in fields. [Tr. 1]


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Please note that there may be differences in the terms used to describe the particular communities represented in this collection, many of which have changed over time and may continue to change.

 

At the time this catalogue was created there are many definitions that identify different cultural and ethnic groups with their varied histories, traditions and associations with a travelling life.

 

These can include but are not limited to  those that have been recognised in UK law as ethnic groups; English and Welsh (Romany) Gypsies, Irish and Scottish Travellers; and non-ethnic groups that consider themselves distinct even if these have not been recognised in UK law, e.g. New Travellers, Showmen and Bargees. Outside of the UK 'Gypsy' may also be considered offensive  and ‘Roma’ is often used instead as the universally preferred term although this term also represents a wide range of distinct groups, (e.g. Sinti, Manouche).

 

It is our intention to respectfully and (where possible) accurately refer to these different communities in the catalogue. For this reason we ask you to note the following with regards to the descriptions in this catalogue that have been based on these current definitions:

 

1)  As many of these definitions have only come into being since the collection was created/1st catalogued, please be aware that original descriptions may not accurately reflect the group to which it refers, (e.g. the word 'Gypsy,' may have been used to describe those now recognised as Irish Travellers/Roma).  Therefore it is worth searching under various terms, e.g. 'Romany' and 'Traveller,' to broaden the scope of search results as well as using the alternative historical spellings, 'Gipsy,' 'Gipsie,' or ‘Romani.’

2) Where no original description exists and it is not possible to properly identify a distinct group they will be described as "Gypsy Traveller" (within UK setting), "Roma" for those living/recently originating outside the UK or "Gypsy, Traveller, Roma " for origin/locations unknown. References to any non - ethnic groups will similarly be capitalised to respectfully acknowledge all groups.

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Typed Tape Table of Contents and informant biographies are held in file LAVC/SRE/ARI/052.

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