Sound Recordings, Shropshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Description

[Collector announcement]; George Davies, recorded in Weston Rhyn in January 1955; talks about his work as a coupler in a coal mine, coupling full waggons; the overseer, known as a doggy; describes conditions underground, pushing waggons, holding a Davy Lamp in his mouth, the low ceilings. [Tr. 1] [Collector announcement]; Harry Corfield, recorded in one of his fields in Diddlebury in January 1955; talks about hedge laying and the tools used; ditching; describes farm buildings, corn storage and cattle sheds [recording affected by wind noise]. [Tr. 2] [Collector announcement]; William Horton, recorded in Kinlet in January 1955; talks about threshing corn and the use of a thrail; harvesting with scythes/hooks; tying up sheaves; stacking in ricks. [Tr. 3] Percy Strutt, recorded in Oxton in February 1957; talks about the death of a young man in the Army [?possibly a fellow agricultural labourer]; taking a horse for shoeing in Inkpen and controlling it for the blacksmith. [Extract from longer interview on tape LAVC/SRE/A726r] [Tr. 4] [Collector announcement]; Horace Brian, recorded at home in Stonebroom in May 1956; general conversation re. a car number plate; working in a coal mine opening and hanging ventilation doors; maintenance of air flow in the mine; water in mines; thoughts on training and practical work experience; underground roadways and pit props; the placement of bore holes for blasting. [Tr. 5]

Metadata

Identifier h4z3gwn4
IRN 414900
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A849r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/h4z3gwn4
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Ellis, Stanley
Date 1955-1957
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 25' 47".

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