Sound Recordings, North East Lincolnshire

Description

Schoolchildren from Grimsby [interviewed by an unidentified woman, ?in a house rather than at school] describe singing/ring games, and give examples; also, describe chasing games, nursery rhymes (sung/chanted), skipping rhymes, including Chinese skipping (elastics), French skipping; ball games; street games, hide and seek, hopscotch; singing; jokes; party games; board games. [Trs. 1-2] Male [?Norman Whitney] interviews schoolchildren [?in school]: descriptions and examples of dipping (rhymes), ball games, skipping (rhymes) and songs; collecting faggies [cigarette cards]; fighting games; chasing games; weather rhyme, beliefs. [Tr. 3] Male [?Norman Whitney] interviews schoolboy [?in school]: describes street games, string games, word games; songs [parodies]; party games; beliefs, including luck (e.g. numbers on bus ticket). [Tr. 4] The children interviewed attend South Parade Infant and Junior School, and Chelmsford School. Reference is also made to ?Macaulay Street School, Grimsby.

Metadata

Identifier r272k6pq
IRN 414155
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A105r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/r272k6pq
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Whitney, Norman F
Date [1964]
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 104' 59".

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