Survey of English Dialects recording in Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire

Description

[Side 1] Arthur talks about apprenticeship as blacksmith, describes wages and working conditions, compares trades in village now and in past, comments mechanisation has driven employment to foundries in big towns, recalls craftsmanship of making farm machinery in past, reflects on discipline and relationships at work in past. [Side 2] Arthur recalls starting first job after apprenticeship in Horncastle, compares cost of living now and in past, reflects on mechanisation of farm labour, incl. mowing and binding corn. Note: Recording date 1952-01-09 noted by ear, 1952-01-16 written on lacquer disc label.

Metadata

Identifier jvrjfslb
IRN 726708
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D336
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jvrjfslb
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 09 Jan 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 03 min. 23 sec., [Side 2] 02 min. 05 sec.

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