Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Description
Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape on the 11 September 1974; talks about her father working as a tenant farmer on the Wentworth Estate at Aldeburgh; Sunday School treat (tea at the mansion on the estate); spending money; living conditions; Wentworth Estate organisation; home life as a child; church and chapel on Sunday; food; singsongs; sisters; pub singing at Debenham; Christmas singsongs; father singing in pub at Aldringham - his repertoire; in service in Aldeburgh and London (Hampstead); singing at friend's aunts house in Hendon; singing (accompanied and unaccompanied); thoughts on pre-recorded music and effect on live music; song sheets; in service in Aldeburgh and London; marriage. Living in Snape Maltings after marriage; buying a house; farm work and gleaning; Snape Maltings; husband Billy Ling, describes work at the Maltings - malt drying process; husband's family; the Savages of Blaxhall; singing - locations, occasions, church singing; choosing songs; preservation of songs; pub singing. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A365r. Ruby Ling, recorded at home on 30 October 1974, talks about her brother-in-law; singing to her children; her children's musicality; pub singing with a friend in Debenham; singing at weddings and Christmas. [Tr. 2] 38 of 79.
Metadata
| Identifier | gx9wh8k4 |
| IRN | 414417 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A366r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gx9wh8k4 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dunn, Ginette |
| Date | 1974 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 62' 02". |