Sound Recordings, Devon

Description

Mr. Cordwent of Whitnage [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A688r] talks about deer hunting/culling on Exmoor; the damage done by deer; the cost of maintaining hunting packs (horses and dogs); involvement in local committees; markets in Taunton and Tiverton. [Tr. 1] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Grant of Westleigh [another male present makes occasional comments] talks about his farm; livestock; changes in farming - costs, working with horses; education; working on his father's farm, aged fourteen; haymaking; deer/fox hunting; Army service during World War One, including Ireland; Army pay, food; hospitalisation,1917; demobilisation following an injury on the Somme; reference to rick thatching; agricultural labourers; changes in milking methods; butter making; pig killing; fox hunting; local limestone quarry, lime kilns and use of lime on the land; marriage and family. [Tr. 2] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Harper of Westleigh [?wife also present] talks about working in a limestone quarry at Westleigh, including occupational hazards, stone breaking, pay and the cost of living; retirement; second male refers to drams and dramming (quarrying terms). [Tr. 3] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Disney of Sampford Peverell talks about his farm; livestock; changes in farming methods; mechanisation; tractors; machine milking; pig keeping; agricultural labourers and wages; pig killing; involvement in the parish council; grandfather; cider drinking; local sports; flower show; carnival in October; ploughing matches; [gap]; leisure time in the 1920s and 1930s; foot and mouth disease in father's time; [looks at photographs]; Devonshire dialect; working life; rabbit catching; tenant farming; motorway and loss of farm land; skittle playing (district league). [Tr. 4] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Drake of Holcombe Rogus talks about his work as a carpenter; education; apprenticeship, employment and then running his own business; interest in fox/deer hunting; carpentry - timber and machinery used; life as a country boy; shooting; thatching; continued work as a carpenter; carpentry tools. [Tr. 5] [Collector announcement]; Mr. Northam [?wife also present] talks about working in the butcher's trade; pay; learning the trade; running his own business; training; modern changes in butchering; hunting and horse riding; his farm and livestock; abattoirs; hunting and riding; changes in butchering; family involvement; lord of the manor and local estate; tenant farming; entertainments - gymkhanas, horse sports; church; local families. [Tr. 6] Three further informants, a Mr. Fry of Holcombe Rogus, Mr. Grant of Westleigh and Mr. Dallyn of Halberton, are recorded on this tape. The poor condition of this section means it has not been possible to produce a summary and copy of this part of the tape. 2 of 6.

Metadata

Identifier tnlrg8xw
IRN 414740
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A689r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/tnlrg8xw
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Stigell, Ossi
Date 1976
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 71' 35".

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