Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; David Hartley, recorded at home in Castleton[wife also present]; gives biographical details; talks about his wife; father's tenant farm; exemption from service during World War One; work as a rate collector in the parish; wages and money; entertainment; transport; plays 'Oh Genevieve' on the piano [distortion due to high recording level]; plays and sings fragment of same song again; plays 'John Peel' melody; plays and sings 'The Place Where the Old Horse Died'and [ 'Maggie']; learning songs, pub get togethers; quoits matches; unaccompanied (part) singing; sings part of 'Sailor Jack'; remembering songs; sings melody to 'Farmer's Boy', and plays the piano; recites words to 'Guisborough Fair'; thoughts on older songs and their preservation. Health, and effect on his singing; born 1886; schooling in Westerdale; employment as game keeper on local estate - describes duties; family; taking on his father's farm - talks about the farming year, the weather, involvement of women, crops, farm animals; thoughts on the state of the country. 22 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | kcq16327 |
| IRN | 414480 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A429r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/kcq16327 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 29 March 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 93' 14". |