Sound Recording, Dorset

Description

Bill Lewis, recorded in Netherbury; talks about farm work; horse husbandry; haymaking; recollections of the village of his childhood; roads; traffic (horses and carts); describes rock breaking with explosives for road surfaces/repairs; father's job as a shepherd; the village church; bell ringing - describes the technique; describes the local corn mill and corn grinding; ploughing with horses; his brother ferreting for rabbits; fox/badger hunting; biographical details; reaping and binding by hand; describes a steam binder; thatched stacks; threshing in winter; attending Sunday School in Salwayash; school in Stoke Abbot; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough'. 3 of 11.

Metadata

Identifier qzt1gjvk
IRN 414747
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A696r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/qzt1gjvk
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Panheinen, Ossi
Date [1970]
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 44' 48".

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