Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'Since I've Had a Row with the Wife', and 'My Grandfather's Clock' [parody]; singing in pubs as a teenager; sings [unidentified] and [? 'Herring's the King of the Sea']; learning songs in pubs at Gristhorpe, Weaverthorpe and Rudston; family singers and musicians; plays 'The Volunteer Organist' on the mouth organ; sings 'The Volunteer Organist', [? 'I am a Sad Cavalier O'], 'I Believe' and 'Rivers'; pub singing and singing licences; singers who used to sing in the local pub; sings 'Tears'; learning songs; recites words from an unidentified song and sings a fragment of the tune; TS's siblings; women in pubs. Local pubs, singing, opening hours, atmosphere, beer, smoking (clay pipes), twist tobacco, drinks and measures; working life, including farm work; Martinmas Hiring Fair described; refers to Hirings at Hunmanby, Driffield and Bridlington; fastening penny to secure services; describes the process of hiring at a fair; tramp thrashing; agricultural labourers' wages; farm hierarchy and employees described; strikes by agricultural labourers for reduction in working hours; jobs as milk lad, 3rd and 2nd lad (plough team) and waggoner; changes in corn production. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A415r. 7 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | grxvby9y |
| IRN | 414465 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A414r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/grxvby9y |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 18 March 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 102' 52". |