Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Description
Tom Bradley, recorded in Gargrave; talks about his working life, including carting, farming, carding (mill), canal (horsework); working with his father; home made wine; pig scraping; canal work - hauling boats through locks, canal trade; wages; Gargrave Mill; labouring work; working on the railway; recollections of Christmas; father, work and health; labouring; Gargrave Mill; use of thee/thou and you; siblings; wife; jobs/career. [Tr. 4] Dick Davies, recorded in Horton in Ribblesdale; talks about the family farm; jobs done as a boy and pay; old farm implements; changes in the village; the railway; pot holers and rescue teams; cattle farming; winters and farm losses; gates; sheep - wintering, names according to age, breeds (Wensleydale), horned, markets and tup sales; farm milk sold to dairies in Leeds; harsh winters; talk of Peter Wright, who is also present; raw eggs and milk (drink); describes a working day on the farm; pig killing and meat curing; modern farming and lack of free-range hens. [Tr. 5]
Metadata
| Identifier | kcz5zlmn |
| IRN | 414817 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A766r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/kcz5zlmn |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | [1960s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 51' 02". |