Sound Recordings, [Shropshire and Birmingham]
Description
[Collector announcement - informant collector's grandmother]; Alice Payne 's recollections of Christmas in Shropshire - preparations, including collecting holly; presents; food (Christmas pudding, cake, mincemeat); going to church in Ludlow; carol singing on Christmas Eve (with swede lantern); Christmas Day at home - carol singing; father at work on farm on Christmas Day and Boxing Day; belief in Father Christmas (until aged 8); seeing Father Christmas outside shops in Shrewsbury; thoughts on present-day Christmas; presents bought for her children (always dolls for girls), new clothes; music and games organised by son-in-law; Christmas during World War Two (Christmas Club, paid into in West Bromwich). Recorded on 29 December 1978. [Tr. 6] [Collector announcement - informant collector's mother]; Dorothy Carter recounts childhood recollections of Christmas in Birmingham in the 1930s - family centred; tradition and habit; commercialisation; routine - Christmas Eve preparations, Christmas morning, including food (pork pie and bread and butter, whisky in tea); Christmas dinner and tea; music in the evening (singing); Boxing Day lunch; decorations; religious aspect of Christmas. Recorded 4 January 1979. [Tr. 7]
Metadata
| Identifier | hgt8z9sl |
| IRN | 414088 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A038 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hgt8z9sl |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Carter, Julie |
| Date | 29 Dec 1978 - 4 Jan 1979 |
| Size and Medium | 1 audiocassette., Duration: 39' 51". |