Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Description
Ruby Ling, recorded at Snape Old Folks' Club, sings 'Wheel Your P'rambulator'; Bob Hart sings 'Why Shouldn't We Sing?'; all sing a hymn, 'Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer'. Recorded on 19 June 1975. [Tr. 2] Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape on 22 June 1975, talks about hymn singing at the Old Folks' Club; Church and Chapel; choice of songs sung at the club; politics and reference to the Irish situation; choosing songs; sings fragment of 'Paradise Street'; sings and comments on 'When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley'; sings 'Two Little Boys' and 'Death of Nelson'. Bob Hart talks about singing in the school choir with his brother; father's farm wages compared with BH's working on steam drifters; strictness of farm owners; sings [ 'In a Dear Little Town in the Old County Down'] [incomplete]; sings 'Paradise Street' [incomplete]; talks of his work at Snape Maltings; retirement; fellow worker and singer, Jimmy Smith [i.e. James Smith] (sings fragment of one of his songs); sings and comments on 'As I Strolled Out One May Morning' [two attempts, incomplete]; Squit songs; singing at Debenham, and reference to singing at the Festival Hall, London; acoustics and singing; Percy [?Ling/?Webb]; sings part of 'The Dark Eyed Sailor'. [Tr. 3] 17 of 79.
Metadata
| Identifier | jb7ws4l8 |
| IRN | 414396 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A345r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jb7ws4l8 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dunn, Ginette |
| Date | June 1975 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 64' 49". |