Sound Recordings, Devon
Description
Mr. Reed [location not given] talks about his family; farming for 54 years; ploughing with horses; his role as Church Warden and the role of the Church Council; reference to Lord Sidmouth and Lady Sidmouth giving a room [?hall] for community use [ Mrs. Reed contributes]; the village church; childhood recollections of farming; pig killing; hedge laying; cooking on an open fire; milking by hand; Mrs. Reed explains the buttermaking process; haymaking and associated hand implements used; pig killing and meat curing; Mrs. Reed talks about house cleaning; autumn/winter jobs on the farm; World War Two evacuees working on Mr. Reed's farm; his schooling in Monkton; tenant farmers/estate workers employed by Lord Sidmouth; the Harvest Home; childhood Christmases - rabbiting, parties, Boxing Day, family gatherings. [Tr. 3]. [Mrs. Reed also recorded on tape LAVC/SRE/A700r] Mr. Stamp of Cotleigh talks about his siblings and parents; gives biographical details; describes starting farm work aged twelve (hours, Sundays); schooling; concert parties; Devonshire dialogues; social dances; sheep shearing; Christmas past - parties, house dances, burning the ashen faggot (remnants kept to ward off witches and to start next year's fire); mastitis in cows and the use of stone (rubbing on teat, or turning) as a cure. [Recording made outside - some wind noise.] [Tr. 1] 6 of 11.
Metadata
| Identifier | trc8gfq9 |
| IRN | 414750 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A699r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/trc8gfq9 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Panheinen, Ossi |
| Date | [1970] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 95' 06". |