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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979-1980]
First part of this tape comprises a compilation of extracts from the collector's fieldwork recordings in Birdsedge (principally, clapping and skipping rhymes). [Tape labelled demonstration.] [Tr. 1] ...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
8 Nov 1979 - 16 Nov 1979
Children recorded in the playground of Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 8 November 1979; talking about and demonstrating the games and associated rhymes known to them. They give examples of b...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
23 Nov 1979 - 14 Dec 1979
Schoolgirls recorded at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 23 November 1979; discussing the games they have learned from their teacher, and the clapping rhyme 'My Mother Told Me'. [Tr. 5] Chi...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Wood, recorded in Birdsedge; gives biographical details and information on her schooling in Ridgeway, Derbyshire, and Sheffield; describes the school at Ridgeway and playtimes (in the mid 1940s);...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979-1980]
Schoolgirls recorded in the playground at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 24 January 1980. Sing 'I'm Only a Poor Little Gymnast', 'Vote, Vote, Vote'[skipping]; talk about being on, and winte...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979-1980]
Mrs. Senior and Mrs. Woodhouse, recorded in Birdsedge; talk about their childhood games at schools in Denby Dale (West Yorkshire) and Tankersley (South Yorkshire). They discuss school dinners and drin...