Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland
Description
[Collector announcement]; William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton; sings [ 'Mary Ann Malone']; talks about his song repertoire; sings 'The Day I Left Old Ireland', 'Patsy Fagan' and 'Where Did You Get that Hat?'; talk of pubs, beer/ale and prices, the Half Moon pub in Lazenby, lists other freehouses, travellers from the brewery; walking and then bus to the pub - first bus in 1918 [daughter contributes], fares compared; village entertainment - whist drives; other singers, pub singing; sings 'Way Down in Calcutta' [ 'Sweet Avelina']; daughter talks about her mother; WH talks about going to church at Redcar with his wife, and fasting; courting his wife. Discussion of working men's club; changes on the Kirkleatham Estate - recollects the balls held in the past, changes in buildings, woods, roads and paths; changes in Middlesbrough; father's farm work in Durham; WH's working life - driving steamroller, mining, farming; describes farm duties as milk boy, hours of work, food and mealtimes, work with horses; horseman's duties; head horseman at a farm in Hilton; singing as entertainment (also whilst working); horseman's duties described, including ploughing, sowing, harvesting and threshing; resting fields; modern farming methods; good/bad farmers to work for; Catholic farm at Richmond; wife's Catholicism; health. 20 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | r7p5yfwk |
| IRN | 414478 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A427r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/r7p5yfwk |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 8 February 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 69' 12". |