Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire
Description
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not known. [Collector announcement]; George Thomas, a retired farm labourer, recorded at home in Clun; talks about ploughs and ploughing; hedges and hedge laying; bad winters; cider and cidermaking. [Tr. 5] [Collector announcement]; Harry [Corfield], a farmer, recorded in one of his fields in Diddlebury; talks about hedging; farm buildings, including a granary and cowhouse; ploughing. [Tr. 6] [Collector announcement]; William Horton, a farm labourer, recorded at home in Kinlet; talks about threshing corn in winter; harvesting; stack and rick building; thatching ricks; making hay bands/rope; granaries and grinding wheat for flour. [Tr. 7] [Announcement]; Mrs. R. E. Lomas , recorded in Warslow; talks about making black pudding; curing/salting pork; cheesemaking (process described). [Tr. 8] [Announcement]; Mr. J. T[orley], a farmer, recorded in Mow Cop; talks about a meeting with a journalist; modern standards of living; colliers' wages; the value of money; starting work; farm labourers' wages; piecework - threshing, whipping rye. [Tr. 9] [Announcement]; Lewis Warren, a retired sexton, recorded in Alton; relates anecdotes concerning a waggoner and double payment; and working in a cemetery/churchyard. [Tr. 10] [Announcement]; Mr. W. Pointon, a retired farmer, recorded in Barlaston; talks about ploughing (technique); building and thatching haystacks; farm horses; harvesting hay; milking; seasonal jobs on the farm; the process of cheesemaking; pig killing and meat preservation; changes in farming (mechanisation); involvement on the village council. [Tr. 11]
Metadata
| Identifier | s4x8mr3f |
| IRN | 414780 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A729r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/s4x8mr3f |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley, Barry, Michael V |
| Date | [1966-1980] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 7.6cm open reel spool, Duration: 61' 00". |