Sound Recordings, County Durham
Description
Mr. Dawson, recorded in Medomsley in conversation with Stanley Ellis; talks about his job as a butcher; methods/techniques of killing cattle and processing; meat cuts and modern butchering; apprentice butchers; Mr. Dawson's retirement; winter weather, including recollections of 1947, and impact on trade; the slaughterhouse; pig killing - describes the processes, including curing and hanging; black pudding; offal; changes in the village; games/practical jokes played as a boy; local coal mines; recollection of strike, c. 1929; Depression of the 1920s/1930s; answers a number of questions from the Dieth-Orton (Survey of English Dialects) Questionnaire. [Tr. 1] Mrs. Stewart, recorded in Medomsley in conversation with Gordon Walsh; talks about her husband's work situation; anecdotes relating to her job in a hospital; organising a street party for local children; answers a number of questions from the Dieth-Orton (Survey of English Dialects) Questionnaire. [Tr. 2]
Metadata
| Identifier | g9bdyl31 |
| IRN | 414815 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A764r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/g9bdyl31 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley, Walsh, N Gordon |
| Date | [1962] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 47' 14". |