Sound Recordings, Devon
Description
Mr. Woollacott [location not known] describes the process of making cider - equipment, barrelling and fermenting; strength of cider; the barrels used; difference between beer and ale; provision of cider to farmworkers, in firkins; cider cheeses; cider making season; factories and the importation of apples; loss of local orchards; glut seasons and apple prices. [Tr. 1] Mr. Turl of Colliton talks about his work as a blacksmith; shoeing horses; repairing agricultural implements; shows and prizes; the forge and bellows; changes in the type of work undertaken and working practices; the anvil; other local blacksmiths; starting work aged thirteen; farrier's test and registration; describes the process of making a horseshoe; also tools and farm implements, gates, welding and riveting; biographical details; film made about his work; observations on the town and changes, employment trends, transport and disposable income; Sunday chapel and Sunday School; the effect of World War One on people's attitudes; blacksmithing - describes the tools and implements used; boots/footwear, women's shoes and clothing; fox/stag hunting and attitude to hunting; women's involvement; shoeing horses; managing horses and injuries. [Tr. 2] 2 of 11.
Metadata
| Identifier | xvm8jcnk |
| IRN | 414746 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A695r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xvm8jcnk |
| 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: 56' 20". |