Sound Recording, Suffolk
Description
Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common; talks about his song repertoire [lists titles]; singing as a child, in church choirs at Hasketon and Bawdsey, at school; pub singing; singing as part of the Harvest Frolic; work during harvest; singing, eating and drinking at the Frolic - sing or pay - also step dancing; women in pubs; parents' songs; singing at folk clubs; favourite songs; truth and meaning in songs (e.g. 'Old Shep'); father's job as a shepherd; PW's work as a horseman; courting and marriage. Describes his house; job as horseman, working with father, scaring crows, singling carrots, working with show horses; applying for police job after the war; farm work with horses - ploughing, drilling; harvest time - describes cutting and sheaving corn, thatching a corn stack, thrashing process; lists horses' names; breaking horses in; describes waggons used on the farm, and the farm on which he worked for thirty-five years; courting in Woodbridge; watching Charlie Chaplin films; learning songs from twopenny song papers; singing in Orford; talks about James Knights; PW's preference for singing in public. 53 of 79.
Metadata
| Identifier | jr6xdc2r |
| IRN | 414432 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A381r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jr6xdc2r |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dunn, Ginette |
| Date | 10 September 1974 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 64' 24". |