Sound Recording, Birmingham

Description

Fred Hobbis, recorded in Northfield, talks about Northfield nailmakers (nailers); collection and delivery of nails; nailers' working hours; nail-making process and types of nail made; nail-making equipment; rates of pay; Bromsgrove nailers; the selling of nails; decline in nail making; informant's working life; nailers' fuel (breeze) delivered by rail; reference to old nail making workshops in the area; brick making and chain making.

Metadata

Identifier g4p8dzzl
IRN 414286
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A236r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/g4p8dzzl
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Penny, E John
Date 8 June 1963
Size and Medium 1 x 7.6cm open reel spool, Duration: 18' 25".

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