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Sound Recording, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
3 January 1980
Mary Morgan (of Ferndale) talks about her family (siblings; parents - occupations); domestic life - washing, bathing, cooking, sleeping arrangements; the General Strike; mining; mother-in-law working ...
Sound Recording, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
8 January 1980
Recording made in Llwynypia ; Edith Jones and Eunice King (both born and lived in Ystrad, Glamorgan); family biographies; describe domestic routine, washing/making clothes (childhood recollections of ...
Sound Recording, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
22 February 1980
Ceridwen Thomas offers recollections of her childhood in early twentieth century Treorchy - World War One, housework, gardening; also, childbirth; parental discipline; miners' strikes; Rhondda cake; S...
Radio Ballads Scripts
MacColl, Ewan (1915-1989); Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
1958-1960
This file contains four typed transcripts of production scripts for programmes in the BBC's Radio Ballads series, by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker. These are a copy of the production script for 'The...
Sound Recordings, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
9 January 1980
Recorded in an Old People's Home in Treorchy ; Gladys Flinn (born Ystrad, Glamorgan) talks about family background, occupation of father; describes domestic routine - clothes washing, sleeping arrange...
Sound Recordings, Northumberland, Durham, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and South Wales
BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
[1950s]
'The Big Hewer', the fourth of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and Pegg...
Sound Recordings, Northumberland, Durham, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and South Wales
BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
[1950s]
'The Big Hewer', the fourth of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and Pegg...
Sound Recording, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
10 April 1980
May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...
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...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
October 1974
Bessie Hammond, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 2 October 1974; talks about where she learned the songs she sings - radio, singing at work; singing at an old people's club; learning songs at schoo...