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Sound Recording, Devon

Wright, John T

June 1958

Frank Thorne and William Edwards, in conversation in Gittisham; Mr. Thorne talks about farm work, milking, horsemen, father a tenant farmer; [gap, 1 minute]; weeding; haymaking - Mr. Edwards describes...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 31 October 1974; talks about remembering songs and giving song texts to other people; sings 'There Were Two Jolly Sportsmen' [incomplete - recites...

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