Sound Recordings, London and Kent

Description

Ivy Morrison, recorded in Plumstead on the 14 August 1973; talks about singing and music making at home; recollections of singing to her husband's piano accompaniment; singing in public; family singing evenings; playing the piano; old songs/comic songs; preference for ballads; husband mentions playing for Compton MacKenzie's private secretary; singing at parties. IM sings several popular songs, accompanied by her husband on the piano. [Tr. 1] A number of residents at an Old People's Home in Charlton, recorded on the 16 August 1973; sing various popular songs (unaccompanied). The collector asks each person why they like the songs they chose to sing, and where and when they learned them. [Tr. 2] Marjorie Wetton [collector's mother], recorded in Bexleyheath; sings a number of popular songs (unaccompanied), and talks about why she likes them, from whom she learned them and her recollections of seeing Ivor Novello shows. [Tr. 3] Kenneth Burnett, recorded in Stone on the 17 August 1973; sings a number of popular songs, accompanying himself on the piano, and talks about how he came to learn them. [Tr. 4] Mrs. Owens, recorded in Welling on the 23 August 1973; sings a number of popular songs, one heard as a radio programme signature tune, another learned at school in South Wales; talks re. learning welsh; songs as reminder of home; preference for tunes over text, often learned by ear. [Tr. 5] Marjorie Wetton [collector's mother], recorded in Bexleyheath; sings a number of popular songs, including 'Nelly Dean', 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' and 'Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage'. [Tr. 6] 2 of 4.

Metadata

Identifier	sr3g6z6w
IRN	414318
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A269r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/sr3g6z6w
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Wetton, Anne Lindsey
Date	August 1973
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 96' 14".

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