Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Description

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of geographical cells, and each informants' cell number is announced ahead of their recorded answers. The collector's field recording method involved starting and stopping the tape before and after the answer to each of the questionnaire's seventy-one questions. Free conversation with each informant is recorded after the completion of the questionnaire. The dates when the recordings were made is not known. [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks of working for the National Fire Service; and his personal health [wife also contributes]. [Tr. 1] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talk of a near car accident. [Tr. 2] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; talks about nearly being run over. [Tr. 3] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about a car crash in fog; accident on a boat in Malta. [Tr. 4] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; talks about going ten-pin bowling. [Tr. 5] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; [Informant announcement]; talks about an accident at work. [Tr. 6] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about an accident as a child; falling off a ladder; attending a Catholic wedding [wife contributes]. [Tr. 7] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; talks about a Comprehensive school - assembly, lessons, teachers. [Tr. 8] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; tells a joke and a story about a boy's visit to the dentist. [Tr. 9] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; talks about her involvement with the Cub Scouts and Cub meetings. [Tr. 10] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about model boat building. [Tr. 11] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about a near biking accident; ten-pin bowling - works team, league, sponsorship. [Tr. 12] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; talks about domestic incidents; death of her mother. [Tr. 13] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about fishing; ledger fishing; catching eels at Great Yarmouth; fishing near Castle Howard; fishing rods and other equipment. [Tr. 14] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about honeymoon couples; involvement with Trade Unions; thoughts on unions in Britain; working for Leeds City Transport. [Tr. 15] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about Army service in Italy during World War Two. [Tr. 16] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses; talks about courting on Ilkley Moor; biking accident; singing and being tape recorded. [Tr. 17] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; relates several Army anecdotes; talks about punting on a river at Knaresborough. [Tr. 18] [Informant announcement]; male informant's questionnaire responses; talks about a near car accident; swimming in the sea at Morecambe. [Tr. 19] [Informant announcement]; female informant's questionnaire responses. [Tr. 20] 3 of 6.

Metadata

Identifier gltblm21
IRN 414929
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A878r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gltblm21
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Houck, Charles L
Date [Mid 1960s-1970s]
Size and Medium 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 130' 10".

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