Sound Recordings, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A827r
Creator(s): Parry, David (1937-); Kylstra, Henk E
Site Location(s): Subject - Pontlottyn, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom( 51.7466, -3.2794 ); Subject - Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom( 51.6375, -2.98809 ); Subject - Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom( 51.4603, -3.44167 ); Subject - Miskin, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom( 51.5194, -3.37568 )
Date(s): 1960-1961
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 69' 30".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414878
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
[Collector announcement (Parry)]; Tom John, recorded in Pontlottyn [possibly in 1960]; talks about horse feed; straw rope; (Welsh) calls to cattle and horses; farm waggons/carts; ploughing and the quality of the soil; describes plough types; the winter weather and its effect on the community; names given to cattle/sheep/horses at different ages; sheep shearing; sheep marks; de-horned cattle; the cowhouse; [child sings in Welsh]. [Tr. 1]
[Collector announcement (Parry)]; Reginald Jones, recorded in Llanfrechfa (Monmouthshire); talks about the village and new houses; a tin works; his work at a brick works in Cwmbran; wages; discusses Cwmbran tiles; family (house); the name for the smallest piglet (a crink); names for sheep; sheep-shearing; describes the cheesemaking process; bakestones and Welsh cakes; fireplace/oven; domestic lighting (paraffin lamps). [Tr. 2]
[Collector announcement (Parry)]; Emlyn Phillips, recorded in Cowbridge (Glamorgan) in April 1961; talks about cowsheds - lighting, ventilation, drainage, flooring, tethering positions, the hayloft; describes a (corn) threshing drum and the process of threshing; four-wheeled farm waggons; tip carts; ploughing with horses; single furrow plough; describes the process of thatching a hay rick, and the use of straw rope; talk of a drill plough for potatoes. [Tr. 3]
[Collector announcement (Parry)]; Alice East, recorded in Miskin (Glamorgan) [undated]; talks about her education; school(master); resisting corporal punishment; Sunday School - morning service in Welsh, followed by service in English; mother baking on an (iron) bakestone [husband contributes]; breadmaking, tin loaves, breads; fireplace and cooking; dress, clothing, hats; parasols; religion; Welsh speaking. [Tr. 4]
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