Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Description
George Roberts, dry stone waller, interviewed in Cawthorne with T. Frank Matthewman (Chairman of Cawthorne Parish Council). GR explains dry stone wall construction techniques; source of stone; tools; informant born on a farm near Penistone; learned wall building as a youngster; Les contributes information; talk of walls as boundaries/holding earth together; throughs (long stones which lay across whole width of wall); best kept village competition; GR a dry waller (rough cut), not a mason; describes his work, jobs he has done; dry stone walls and concrete walls compared (strength, cost); cost of building; working with horses on farm at Barmby Hall; meet a Mr. and Mrs. Harrison - discuss Cawthorne and its population; shows wall with good example of throughs and explains construction; [final section recorded in Mr. Matthewman's car, whilst driving to the nearby Canon Hall] - TFM gives brief history of the Hall and its owners; decribes Cawthorne Flower Festival. Recorded outside. Some of the conversation is obscured by wind and traffic noise. 1 of 4.
Metadata
| Identifier | gn3xkcl1 |
| IRN | 414313 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A264r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gn3xkcl1 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Brooks, Margaret |
| Date | 17 February 1973 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 50' 07". |