Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; gives biographical details and talks about his early singing experiences in the area; working life - forestry, farming and for a potash mining company; local Christmas traditions; thoughts on his current workplace (potash mining) and the union, working conditions, company details ( Cleveland Potash Limited), and describes shift work; describes his farm and other previous jobs; JW's family; [last ten minutes of this side inaudible due to sticky tape squeal]. [First fourteen minutes inaudible due to sticky tape squeal]; JW talks about singing at Stockton Folk Club; George Davies' version of 'Farmer's Boy' [intermittent tape squeal]; sings 'T' Owd Sow'; talks about Cleethorpes Folk Festival; discusses local singers; sings 'Willie Went to Westerdale' and discusses the words and the man he learned it from; learning songs; the singer George White. Continues on tapes LAVC/SRE/A461r and LAVC/SRE/A462r. 53 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | kkckjcdg |
| IRN | 414511 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A460r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/kkckjcdg |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 29 November 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 58' 17". |