Sound Recording, Suffolk
Description
Horace White, recorded at home in Spexhall; talks about the village pub; the Suffolk feudal system; World War One; working life, including fishing in Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire), local council in Suffolk, road maintenance; East coast fishing; local workhouses; labour politics; grandfather; Suffolk dialect - high-lows (type of boot); reference to Mr. Evans [?George Ewart Evans] and local history; influence of church; dialect expressions; modern medicine; living in Britain. Returning to Britain after World War One; pub singing and the giving of order; opening hours and the effect of the Defence of the Realm Act; uncle, trading at pubs; pub games - quoits; drink and its effects; Quoit Dinner; uncles; quoits league; thoughts on local pubs; women in pubs and use of the best room; Foresters and Oddfellows clubs, also Old Timers [similar to a Friendly Society]; wages, cost of living after World War One; Wage Bill; women in pubs; nicknames; village life. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A377r. 48 of 79.
Metadata
| Identifier | bfwlplj9 |
| IRN | 414427 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A376r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bfwlplj9 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dunn, Ginette |
| Date | 12 September 1974 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 63' 52". |