Sound Recording, Cornwall
Description
Renfred Knowles, recorded in St Day ; describes a working day in a [?tin] mine, including charging holes and blasting; being a miner for thirty years; working with boring machines; occupational diseases, lung problems (silicosis); sport - football, Cornish wrestling; captain of St Day Football Club in 1920, and Penryn in 1921; involvement in the Cornish Referee Society; refereeing; pigeon keeping/racing; rescuing dogs and cats from mine shafts; explains the sinking of mine shafts to join levels (veins); describes working two thousand feet underground for copper and tin - heat, ventilation; first worked in a mine aged fifteen; working shifts; closure of tin mines; wages (compared with overseas, e.g. the Malay states); mining accidents. 1 of 3.
Metadata
| Identifier | pkcgmx3c |
| IRN | 414863 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A812r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/pkcgmx3c |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Wakelin, Martyn F, Tilling, Philip M |
| Date | July 1963 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 13' 59". |