Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A766r
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Gargrave, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.9835, -2.10459 ); Subject - Horton in Ribblesdale, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.1489, -2.30035 )
Date(s): [1960s]
Size and medium: 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool; Duration: 51' 02".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414817
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Tom Bradley, recorded in Gargrave; talks about his working life, including carting, farming, carding (mill), canal (horsework); working with his father; home made wine; pig scraping; canal work - hauling boats through locks, canal trade; wages; Gargrave Mill; labouring work; working on the railway; recollections of Christmas; father, work and health; labouring; Gargrave Mill; use of thee/thou and you; siblings; wife; jobs/career. [Tr. 4]
Dick Davies, recorded in Horton in Ribblesdale; talks about the family farm; jobs done as a boy and pay; old farm implements; changes in the village; the railway; pot holers and rescue teams; cattle farming; winters and farm losses; gates; sheep - wintering, names according to age, breeds (Wensleydale), horned, markets and tup sales; farm milk sold to dairies in Leeds; harsh winters; talk of Peter Wright, who is also present; raw eggs and milk (drink); describes a working day on the farm; pig killing and meat curing; modern farming and lack of free-range hens. [Tr. 5]
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