Sound Recordings, Lincolnshire and Suffolk
Description
William Brothwell and Florence Greenwood, recorded in Wragby in April 1960; talk about foxes and shooting them; Mr. Brothwell's farming career; setting a field for ploughing; livestock; thatching and stacking; animal husbandry; calving; working for his father; hiring farm labour at Lincoln and Market Rasen, and the wearing of certain items to denote which job was wanted (e.g. a black cloth cap); thoughts on growing sugar beet; discuss the tape recording; jobs for farm lads; farm horses; the weather; the winter of 1947; pig rearing. [Tr. 4] Frank Lovatt, recorded in Yoxford in July 1959; talks about harvest time; cutting corn by hand, followed by a man binding; difficulties when the crop is laying; machinery and the time taken to harvest; labour shortage; wages as a young man; hours worked and wages during harvest time; first job on leaving school. [Tr. 5]
Metadata
| Identifier | bwlyj4k2 |
| IRN | 414833 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A782r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bwlyj4k2 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 1959-1960 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 38' 54". |