Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

Description

Stewart Sanderson [?recorded in Leeds] talks about motoring folklore; his interest; Rolls Royce and Volkswagen examples; friend-of-a-friend tales and truth; collecting examples; the study of oral tradition at the University of Leeds; contemporary legends collected by students; versions (gives the Disappearing Grandmother example); car-related examples; people's belief in the stories; importance of circumstantial details; unwillingness to accept that such stories are folk tales.

Metadata

Identifier cfpg31hh
IRN 414667
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A616r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cfpg31hh
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Metcalfe, Robert
Date [1970s]
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 13' 03".

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