Sound Recordings, Devon
Description
Mr. Webber of Craze Lowman [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A691r] talks about travelling to school by horse and trap; road menders and stone breakers; Christmas; ashen faggots (fuel); Harvest Festival; schooling; catching rabbits. [Tr. 5] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Grabham of Chevithorne talks about his farming career; schooling; working on his father's farm during World War One; the labour shortage; food production; leisure time; farming during the Depression of 1932, and its effect on agricultural employment and prices; Bampton Fair; Sampford Peverell Horse Fair; Compton Fair; disappearance of local fairs and markets; burning the ashen faggot on Christmas Eve; wassailing apple trees on Twelfth Night; hiring farm labour; thoughts on modern farming methods, compared with earlier approaches. [Tr. 6] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Hill of Craze Lowman talks about current farming practises; livestock; changes in farming methods; stag/fox hunting. [Tr. 7]. [Dry tape squeal makes the rest of this interview inaudible. Likewise, interviews with a Mr. Brittan and a Mr. Berry cannot be heard.] 5 of 6.
Metadata
| Identifier | dz3q2x3g |
| IRN | 414743 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A692r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/dz3q2x3g |
| 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: 40' 48". |