Sound Recording, Oxfordshire
Description
Winnie Wyatt, recorded at home in Adderbury, talks about the Blunt family; book rescued from house following Janet Blunt's death; JB's family members and location of living members; Janet Blunt and evacuees during World War Two; her character and interests, folk song manuscripts, country dancing, (Manor) house and Winnie Wyatt's role in the household; JB collecting songs from William Walton, William ? and his son William at her house; another informant Solemon Lyons; pubs in Adderbury; changes in the village community; discuss a number of Janet Blunt's informants, listed by Michael Pickering from the Blunt manuscripts; reference to Old Mettle, Fool for the Adderbury Morris Men; Pancake Bell custom in the village; manuscripts sent to Cecil Sharp House [ Vaughan Williams Memorial Library] by informant, following Janet Blunt's death; further talk of JB as a person and her relatives; sending food parcels to the widows of Adderbury at Christmas; JB's childhood in India. 4 of 7.
Metadata
| Identifier | jmxw3nvf |
| IRN | 414376 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A325r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jmxw3nvf |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Pickering, Michael J |
| Date | September/October 1973 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 69' 22". |