Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Description
Bill Stevenson, recorded in Carleton on the 1 February 1963; talks about his upbringing in Carleton; his father; pig keeping and killing for Christmas; diet; local school; Mischief Night and pranks described; activities on Carleton green - ownership, Pinfold and Pinder, holding stray cattle, payment for release; village water supply; growth of the village; Darrington village; lists gentry once living in Carleton; mining in the area ( Pontefract); Ackworth School; the building of Carleton parish hall; thoughts on childhood; ice cream and okey pokey (difference - okey pokey only at the seaside). [Tr. 12] Oswald Jacques, recorded in Grassington [?in 1963]; [recording takes place in a farm building]; Mr. Jacques describes the parts of a cow stall; talks about cows calving, premature/dead calves; luck stones; geese to prevent picking - premature calving; examines and discusses component parts of a farm cart; talk of sledges to transport brushes and bracken; peat cutting and burning; mowing hay, drying, turning and stacking; labour costs; hiring Irish labourers in the past - reference to hirings in Skipton. [Tr. 13]
Metadata
| Identifier | wsz7pvnq |
| IRN | 414820 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A769r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/wsz7pvnq |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 1963 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 45' 42". |