Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Description

Lil Durrant, recorded at home in Blaxhall [on 1 July 1975]; talks about her mother's songs and singing, and step dancing at weddings; father and siblings; school; work; step dancing with husband at Ship Inn; the Candlestick Dance; Bessie Ling's songs; comments on old songs and dances, and the Ship Inn; Bob Scarce and his repertoire; Wicketts Richardson; her husband, Eli Durrant, who danced and sang ( 'Yellow Handkerchief'); her mother singing; employment - farm work; her children. [Tr. 3] Abraham Ling, recorded at home in Blaxhall on 1 July 1975, lists the songs he sings; family singers, including his brother John Ling; employment -oil cart, delivering paraffin, on the farm and in the Army; describes the Ship Inn thirty years ago - singing and dancing; singing at a pub [?the Lion] in Little Glemham; favourite songs, and comments on new songs; singing in a concert party [?the Blaxhall Rovers]; learning 'The Dark Eyed Sailor'; comments on Bob Hart and Percy Ling; talks about the Blaxhall Lings; women singing in the Ship. [Tr. 4] John Ling, recorded at home in Snape [on 1 July 1975], talks about his family and their singing; his father singing and playing the accordion in the Golden Key pub, Snape - describes the layout of the pub; darts team outing to Great Yarmouth; biographical details; learning songs from records/his father - some Country and Western style; encouraged by his father to sing in the pub; other singers, including Jimmy Bloomfield; singing with a record player in the pub - Country and Western, old songs; meaning/telling a story in old songs - compares new (pop) songs; comments on other singers, including Bob Hart, Victor Bloomfield, Mr. Smith (who sang comic songs) and Percy Ling; sings 'Old Shep'; comments on singing style; songs learned from records; sings and comments on 'I'm Nobody's Child'; comical songs sung by his father and Bob Hart's son, Claude Hart; father singing and playing the accordion, accompanying John Ling; work at Snape Maltings; changes in the village after World War Two; employment; women singers in Snape; sings part of 'Queen of My Heart'. [Tr. 1] 75 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier	r2h9r2l6
IRN	414454
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A403r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/r2h9r2l6
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Dunn, Ginette
Date	July 1975
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 87' 24".

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