Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

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Ernest Kent, recorded in Netheravon; talks about driving hay waggons in the summer; Michaelmas ploughing with oxen; his father; hoeing and rates of pay; threshing with a flail; rates of pay; gleaned corn, threshed and milled for bread flour; working conditions; changes in the village and loss of neighbourliness; siblings; brothers' involvement in the Boer War and World War One; lists farm jobs, including hoeing, mowing, straw-tying, sack-carrying; pay (piecework); work on transport (including horses) in the Army during World War One; places served; childhood; education; drinking and pub fights; [drop-out - voices inaudible]; sweets; Gypsy Traveller communities; transport (walking, pony and trap); the church and religion in the village. [Tr. 1]


Francis Foyle and Edward Scammell, recorded in Fovant; talk about the games and tricks played during their childhood; [drop-out - voices inaudible]; inter-village rivalries; pubs and beer; scrapping at election time; Fovant Club and Club Days - meeting, beer, church service, band, supper; fair at Broad Chalke (rides and stalls); [drop-out - voices inaudible]; pig killing and dressing; the fireplace/range and its fittings; old and new farming methods; ploughing with horses; ploughing with tractors; brutality of some carters and treatment of farm boys; horse breaking; driving a four-horse drill; dreymen and horses. [Tr. 2]

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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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19cm/sec. Variable playback speed and recording levels.

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Ms. note of informants' names [reads Charlie Kent, rather than Ernest Kent] and location held in file LAVC/SRE/ARI/059.

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