Sound Recording, Suffolk

Description

Wicketts Richardson, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about visiting the Ship Inn with his father; his father's fiddle playing; Saturday nights at the Ship; being Master of Ceremonies and calling order; biographical details - siblings, father's death; working on the land; selling books; enlisting with the Army in 1915; Army service in France and Northern Ireland; post-war life - employment; unemployment during the Depression; working at Blaxhall stone pit - conditions and pay; war experiences - trenches, marching, health. [Tr. 2] Employment at the Maltings and for the local council; retirement; family - mother a Ling; learning songs; member of the concert party, the Blaxhall Rovers, which travelled and performed in the local area; songs learned from the 'News of the World'; making a record, and the film made at the Ship Inn; singers at the Ship, organisation and women's involvement; more on Blaxhall Rovers - WR as founder member, Lenny Savage another member, costumes worn, places visited and organisation of performances; singing in the Ship and songs sung; own profile in the village and nickname; lack of young singers; Cyril Poacher; favourite singers - George Ling, brother and Bessie Ling; dancing at the Ship; Gypsy Traveller communities; Common land in Blaxhall and other villages; the Cross Keys pub and village charities; Harvest supper; stone picking; mother's pork shop and widow's benefit from the parish; attending church as a child; Coal Club; playing the church organ, and knowledge of hymns. [Second male informant present, possibly Bob Hart.] [Tr. 1] 73 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier kyjfk9xt
IRN 414452
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A401r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/kyjfk9xt
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Dunn, Ginette
Date 27 June 1975
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 92' 38".

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