Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A730r
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee
Site Location(s): Subject - Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.8335, -2.23552 ); Subject - Hoar Cross, East Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.8064, -1.81178 ); Subject - Lapley, South Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.7141, -2.18775 ); Subject - Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.7702, -1.88274 ); Subject - Wigginton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.9973, -1.435 ); Subject - Edingale, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.7068, -1.68912 )
Date(s): [1965-1980]
Size and medium: 1 x 7.6cm open reel spool; Duration: 49' 04".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414781
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made is not known.
[Announcement]; Sym Williams, a farmer, recorded in Ellenhall; talks about horse dealing and farming. [Tr. 12]
[Announcement]; Mr. J. Tunnicliffe, a retired maltster, recorded in Hoar Cross; talks about farming; buying cigarettes; agricultural labourers' wages before World War One; threshing; tying sheaves. [Tr. 13]
[Announcement]; Frank Barratt, a farm labourer, recorded in Mavesyn Ridware; talks about catching rabbits; the jobs of shepherd and stockman on a farm; work with cows and bullocks; cattle selling/showing in Lichfield. [Tr. 14]
[Announcement]; Walter Carrington, a ploughman, recorded in Lapley; talks about laying a hedge; ploughing a field with horses. [Tr. 15]
[Announcement]; Mr. F. Johnson, a retired farmer and railway worker, recorded in Edingale; talks about the village Club Day/Feast at Whitsuntide; the Wakes; May Day singing (rhyme recited on Maypole Day); Clemensing Day - children's house visiting custom involving the recitation of a rhyme, and the collection of largesse (money, apples and pears) - informant recites the rhyme; talks about his working life; Tamworth Statutes and the hiring of agricultural labour (reference to annual wages); lists the farms in the area that he has worked at, and the people he has worked for. [Tr. 16]
[Announcement]; Mr. S. Carter, recorded in Wigginton; talks about his schooling; work as a brick layer/repairer on the surface at a coal mine, 1910-1930; the General Strike of 1926; and the strike of 1921, regarding wages. [Tr. 17]
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
This collection is currently being worked on by the Special Collections team and therefore may not always be readily available for users to consult. Please contact staff in advance if you would like to access the material.
This material is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.
Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Copy tape. High recording levels.
Not all items have a specific location so additional searches will be requiredThe filter at the top right of the map can be used to filter on sub-collection locations