Sound Recordings, Devon

Description

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Oldridge of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a greenkeeper; farming and the changes brought about through mechanisation; the village's changing population; his father and grandfather. [Tr. 2] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Cottrell of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a farmer; manual labour and present mechanised methods compared; sport; pig killing. [Tr. 3] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Netherway of Sampford Peverell talks about farming life, animal husbandry, crops, horses, the farming year - jobs, crops cultivated [wife contributes re. the weather]; Christmas celebrations; the family; pig killing and meat curing; stag/fox hunting; lambing; schooling; farm work; social dances; Tiverton market; retirement. [Tr. 4] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Lee of Uplowman talks about his farm, the Common Market, farm animals (beef herd and sheep); farming in the past, on leaving school. [Tr. 5] [Collector announcement - part]; Mr. Turner of Sampford Peverell talks about the dry weather; animals kept on the farm; amusements and leisure time; fox/stag hunting; working on his father's farm after leaving school; [woman talks of working as a scullery maid - fragment only]. [Tr. 6] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Rutter of Sampford Peverell talks about his family; recollections of working on the farm as a child; haymaking; childhood recollections of Sidbury, and seeing the first car in the village; sheep shearing; pig killing and curing; Harvest Home - sports, tea, church service; compares past and present farming methods; school sports. [Tr. 7] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Cordwent of Whitnage talks about his working life on the land; the farms worked on in the area; describes his current farm (dairy herd, sheep and beef); local flower show and agricultural show; children's visit to the sea; working on the farm as a child; hunting. [Tr. 8]. Continues on tape LAVC/SRE/A689r. 1 of 6.

Metadata

Identifier bx4mjb5q
IRN 414739
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A688r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bx4mjb5q
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Stigell, Ossi
Date 1976
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 95' 10".

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