Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Waters of Tyne', and discusses learning it and other Geordie songs; sings/hums fragment of 'Buy Broom Besoms'; sings 'Bobby and Bett Nicholson' by Tommy Armstrong, and comments on the songs he writes; sings 'Cat Pie'; comments on Fred Jordan and Bob Hart; diction in singing, remembering words, staying in tune; sings 'Trimdon Grange', written by Tommy Armstrong about a mining explosion; JW's interest in traditional song; also blues songs - sings 'Hong Kong Blues' and [unidentified]; learning Hoagy Carmichael songs from gramophone recordings; liking for Country and Western songs; singing with a regional accent; sings 'I'm a Rover, Seldom Sober'; talks about his parents/brother singing. Further talk of his family and its New Year traditions; sings 'Lambton Worm', 'Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie' and 'Cushy Butterfield'; talks about pub sings at the Black Bull in Ugthorpe; sings [? 'The Bonny Hawthorn']; [silence as the collector takes a photograph of JW]; talk of JW's wife's singing. 56 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | rdgk4hd1 |
| IRN | 414514 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A463r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/rdgk4hd1 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 30 November 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 79' 49". |