Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Description

Percy Webb, singing and talking at his home in Tunstall; talk of Suffolk Country Bands; learning songs from his father; pub singing. Recorded 30 July 1970. [Tr. 2] Chris Morley playing the melodeon [?in the Crown pub, Clopton]; unidentified Irish singer sings; Suffolk Country Band play some jigs; Percy Webb sings. Recorded 8 August 1970. [Tr. 3] Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall, sings 'Old Farmer's Servant'; discusses the arrangement of pub singing at the Green Man pub - also tap dancing; singing at the Butley Oyster pub; singing at folk clubs; repertoire; singing at Keele (? Folk Festival) and Framlingham Gala; Chris Morley and the Suffolk Country Band; sings 'Dark Eyed Sailor'; discusses repertoire; singing at the Suffolk Punch pub; population of Tunstall; family; education; farm work - horseman, ploughing, drilling; Harvest Frolic (food, drink); pay; trips to Ipswich, Suffolk Show. Recorded August 1970. [Tr. 4] Unidentified male singer, accompanied on the melodeon. Date and location not known. [Tr. 5] 4 of 4.

Metadata

Identifier spmh18bh
IRN 414280
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A230r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/spmh18bh
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Mackay, Donald
Date July-August 1970
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 67' 30".

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