Sound Recording, Staffordshire
Description
[Announcement, made by collector's mother, a nurse visiting the informant]; Richard Mills and his wife recorded in Walsall Wood; Mr. Mills sings 'The Old Folks Jim', 'A Lady in Hospital' and 'I'm Following in Father's Footsteps'; Mrs. Mills relates an anecdote about a pig; Mr. Mills talks about drinking and singing in the Royal Oak pub [?in Stonnall]; refers to local people living in Stonnall; working as a navvy at Streetly; fire watching during World War Two; sings fragment of [ 'Lord Roberts and Kitchener']; having a robin's breakfast at school in Walsall; working in a [coal] pit and brickyard [? Brick and Tile Company]. 3 of 3.
Metadata
| Identifier | bdbnm43m |
| IRN | 414912 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A861 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bdbnm43m |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Higgs, Judith |
| Date | March 1973 |
| Size and Medium | 1 audiocassette., Duration: 25' 52". |