Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Description

Male informant [? Mr. Suddell - informant refers to an ancestor, Roger Suddell; nephew, Paul, also contributes], recorded in Preston, gives a history of the Preston Guild; church processions, trades processions, cost involved - costumes, torchlight procession and firework display; trade exhibition; object of Guild; organisation of event; reference to the saying once every Preston Guild; schools' involvement; ethos of Guild; Catholic procession; discussion of religions - Catholics, Orangemen - potential friction - no problems during the Guild; informant's involvement in organising the event - Committee structure. [Tr. 1] [Interview concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A019, AC007, Tr. 3]. Unidentified female describes memories of the 1952 Preston Guild - church and trades processions [informant then (and now?) living in Longridge, north east of Preston]; reference to Whit Walks - Catholic and Orange Order processions, Whit Monday [another female, informant's grand-daughter, offers occasional comments/questions]; schools' involvement; discussion regarding the 1972 event. [Tr. 2] 4 of 4.

Metadata

Identifier s9cn1syx
IRN 414072
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A022
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/s9cn1syx
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Monaghan, Ann M
Date 1973
Size and Medium 1 audiocassette., Duration: 83' 56".

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