Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire
Description
William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on leaving school; father from Wiltshire; sheep names (ewe, lamb, teg); pig killing and bacon; cow and pig names; discusses the variation in animal names between counties; grass cutting; the scythe and its parts; serving with the Army from 1905, in India when World War One started; war experience and wounds; shepherding after the war; treating sheep ailments; sheep shearing; shearing teams. [Tr. 3] George Smith, recorded in Oakley in April 1961by Henk Kylstra; names the parts of a scythe; other agricultural implements; pigs and parts used for food [wife contributes]; wages and the cost of living; thoughts on the old days; thatching ricks; the cost of thatching cottage roofs; thoughts on the decline in the supply of agricultural labour; schooling; ferrets [wife contributes]. [Tr. 4] William Tyler, with occasional comments from William Orchard, recorded in Sutton Benger by John Wright and Henk Kylstra on the 6 August 1960; talks about children's games - ducky, fox and hounds; school, the headmaster and punishments; Mr. Tyler's father; corn cutting; changes in the village; local men's club; Revels [Feast/Fair]; quoit playing; cider making; ploughing with horses; harvesting; hours of work; thoughts on past and present - cost of living, life, work; pastimes; race horse stables; William Orchard talks about schooling; bird scaring as a boy; his father; job of cowman; milking; more thoughts on life in the past; rabbiting; food; fatting pigs; pig killing; example of blason populaire - unidentified [?local] village where the inhabitants buried a donkey upside down so they could shine its shoes; working hours and wages; winter work on the farm; thatching. [Tr. 5] The recordings of George Smith in Oakley, and William Tyler and William Orchard in Sutton Benger, are duplicated on tape LAVC/SRE/A795r.
Metadata
| Identifier | ffr665b5 |
| IRN | 414845 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A794r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ffr665b5 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Kylstra, Henk E, Wright, John T |
| Date | 1960-1961 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 67' 06". |