Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Tommy Gallon, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about pub singing - starting, joining in, songs sung, time, landlord, changes and non-locals; learning songs; cycling to pubs; father's songs; other local singers and choir. Sings 'The Faithful Sailor Boy' [two attempts], 'Will You Still Love Me When I am Old?', 'The Ship that Never Returned' and 'Be Kind to Your Parents'; talks about quoits - matches, teams, equipment, local league, history of the game; wartime and the Home Guard; agricultural shows and competitions; farm work from the age of fourteen; quoits league - teams, quality of players; decline in farming employment; size of farms; local schools; TG's farm - land and stock; parents' tenant farm; local estate and the amalgamation of smaller farm units. 33 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | g2yw6gmq |
| IRN | 414491 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A440r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/g2yw6gmq |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 8 September 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 59' 58". |