Sound Recording, Suffolk

Description

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 31 October 1974; talks about remembering songs and giving song texts to other people; sings 'There Were Two Jolly Sportsmen' [incomplete - recites some of the words]; songs sung by her father, who also played the concertina; Geoff Ling; her father singing; Bessie Hammond (singer and neighbour); father singing at home; hearing singers at the Ship Inn; sings part of 'O Grief O Grief'; television; the Savage family; the Ship Inn and women; Whitsuntide party; Sunday School and learning pieces; the church, christening of own children and grandchildren, christening dresses; family members; Cyril Poacher; James Knights; Freddy Ambrose; Ben Ling; mother's parish allowance following her husband's death; local Gypsy Traveller communities; comments on present Blaxhall village life; food preparation, price of meat, brewing of beer at home; biographical details and her children's dates of birth. [Tr. 1] Priscilla Savage, recorded at home on 15 November 1974 [son also present], talks about her husband's job as a shepherd on a local farm; his next job at Blaxhall Hall and working hours; finding employment as a shepherd; tenant farming and tied cottages; hiring shepherds; Harvest Frolics - food, games for children, scrambling for pennies, supper at the Ship Inn; describes modern Harvest Supper in the village, and other events held in the Parish Hall; singing at Harvest Frolics; talks about Bob Scarce and the Ling family; church and chapel; talk of Harvest Supper whilst looking at photographs (pre-World War Two); reference to the supper's move from the Ship Inn to the Parish Hall, and last Saturday at the Ship; chapel services on the green, church attendance; lists Blaxhall singers, including her father and sister-in-law; the story of 'Barbara Allen'; women at the Ship; home brewing beer - process described. [Tr. 2] 44 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier	jgbqmk4s
IRN	414423
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A372r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jgbqmk4s
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: 114' 38".

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