Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Description

[Collector announcement]; Mrs. Weatherill and daughter Linda, recorded at home in Ainthorpe. Mrs. W. sings 'My Grandfather's Clock', 'Farmer's Boy' and one verse of 'Springtime in the Rockies'; talks about family singing when young, making their own entertainment, parents' and family's musical abilities; Castle Houses farm [?home]; evening/Christmas singing; Sankey hymn book; Methodism and Catholicism locally; church going; women's involvement in the harvest; daughter writing a book on Danby Parish customs and traditions; farming and Mrs. W's responsibilities as a girl; modern day changes - children moving away, not helping on the farms; changes in the area - newcomers from Teeside, housing and prices; changes in Danby; Mrs. W's children; schooling and improvements in education; the coming of electricity; transport improvements; mechanisation on the farm and changes in employment. 45 of 68.

Metadata

Identifier jp4w9kr1
IRN 414503
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A452r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jp4w9kr1
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Sullivan, Keith Frederick
Date 11 September 1976
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 43' 34".

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