Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Sid Cornfirth [and family], recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about Mrs. Cornfirth playing quoits; Ugthorpe quoits teams and the game's popularity; singing, singers and songs at quoit club socials; the Black Bull pub and old village pubs; SC shepherding at Yarm; local sheep breeds/breeding; playing quoits, post-match singing; shove halfpenny; the White family and Gallon family; village community and changes - religion and divisions; women's involvement in the quoit club socials; wife's organ playing; describes the Quoits Supper - proceedings, filling the cup, order of singing, songs and singers; SC's memories of his father winning quoits prizes; the future of quoits playing and singing in the village; young players, teams, maintenance of the pitches; other village pitches/clubs; describes the composition of the quoit pitch, and the type of clay used; handicaps; attitude of the publican to use of the pub after matches; membership of the quoits club and subscriptions; daughter's employment; SC's shepherding work, grazing sheep on the North York Moors; Lord Normanby (estate owner); local Hunt socials. Talk of the local Hunt and hunting continued; SC's duties as a shepherd, including sheep marks; decline in sheep numbers on the Moors; local sheep breeds; sheep shearing; sheep dog; sheep health and vaccinations; employment/working life, training in farm work; decline in agricultural labour and increased mechanisation; biographical details. 52 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | nsvmk5cn |
| IRN | 414510 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A459r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nsvmk5cn |
| 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: 90' 23". |