Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Description
James Knights of Woodbridge [?recorded in 1968] talks about his work with horses; as horse man; learning from the age of thirteen; working in Yorkshire; horses' stables; travelling a stallion; going to Yorkshire, aged about fourteen; tonics for horses, using poison berries; treatment of horses and calming stallions; different temperaments between horse breeds; work with horses, leading a drill; acres drilled per day; importance of time and weather when drilling; pride/interest in his work; linseed cake for horses' coats; commands to horses (different in Yorkshire); describes a working day and living in; ploughing with horses; biographical details; working in Burton upon Trent, barley carrying and at a malthouse; Suffolk and Norfolk men taking seasonal jobs in Burton, in October after the harvest; describes work and conditions in the malthouse, turning and baking the malt; JK's singing and learning through his sister; lodgings in Burton. James Knights talks about his lodgings in Burton; sings 'Curly Williams' and [unidentified]. [Tr. 3] Hector Moore of Brandeston [?recorded in 1968] talks about life in the 1930s, and in particular recollects the Christmas of 1930 in Kettleburgh and catching sparrows for Christmas dinner; also remembers a man and his children returning by foot from Burton, where the father had been working in a malthouse. [Tr. 4]
Metadata
| Identifier | stx5qccv |
| IRN | 414693 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A642r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/stx5qccv |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Evans, George Ewart |
| Date | [1960s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 57' 07". |