Sheepwashing, Thornton Rust (North Yorkshire)
Description
Film taken during a visit by various members of Institute of Dialects and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) staff to Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale) to record farmers washing sheep in Outgang Beck. The custom of washing sheep in the beck was revived especially for this visit for the first time since 1935. The film includes footage of sheep being gathered into a stone fold on the edge of the sheep washing pool; people gathered to watch the sheep washing; farmers throwing sheep from the fold into the sheep washing pool; sheep swimming through and out of the pool; a farmer standing in the pool dipping the sheep; children watching from the stone wall of the sheep fold; a farmer's wife pouring shots of rum for the farmers; farmers undamming the beck and gradually letting the water out from the washing pool. Other members of staff present on the trip were Stanley Ellis, Ingemar Liman and Werner Kissling. The film includes brief shots of Werner Kissling. 1 of 2. The film box is labelled Reel 1.
Metadata
| Identifier | ddmmlwvy |
| IRN | 414947 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FIL/F002 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ddmmlwvy |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Film |
| Creator(s) | Sanderson, Stewart |
| Date | June 1965 |
| Size and Medium | 1 reel, Duration: not known. |