Sound Recording, North Lincolnshire
Description
George Codd [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A557r], recorded in Barton-upon-Humber; talks about the extent of his commercial sailing experience; preference for river over canal work; racing to deliver cargoes; preference for working close to home; types of loads carried; working with the river tides; running aground; shifting nature of the river (channels and sandbanks); waiting for the flood tide; river tides - neap, spring (each with ebb and flood tide); the River Trent. [Tr. 1]. Track Two of the tape. Harry Hill, recorded in Winterton, gives biographical details of his childhood; schooling and errand boy at the age of ten; trading eggs and butter; buttermaking; farm work - pitching potatoes and making bands, pulling beans; work as a doctor's groom; bricklaying and farm buildings - importance of a brick floor in a cow stall; retirement. [Tr. 2]. Track One of the tape. 8 of 8.
Metadata
| Identifier | qr4bpyrm |
| IRN | 414609 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A558r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/qr4bpyrm |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Haldenby, Cynthia |
| Date | 1958 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 7.6cm open reel spool, Duration: 18' 42". |