Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Walt Spensley, Mrs. Spensley and their son Colin Spensley, recorded in their home in Ugthorpe; talk about playing quoits; the Quoits Supper; young quoit players; the singing and songs at the supper; the history of quoit playing in Ugthorpe, and its popularity among young local people; women's involvement in the supper; Mrs. Spensley's family; Colin Spensley's work as gardener and woodsman, and involvement with his father in forest management; talk of Phil Hales' singing at quoits club socials; young people in the village and entertainment; quoits pitches; recollects past quoits suppers, and those in other villages; George White; women and pubs; village Christmas dinner at the [Black Bull] pub; talks about the Spensley's family home; outsiders and the price of local property; local farms and main landowner; preservation of older buildings/features; local employment opportunities and changing work patterns; Ugthorpe community; WS's work as a woodsman, also gamekeeper; poaching; estate owners on the [North Yorkshire] Moors; local employment and Teesside. 51 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | y3w49ph9 |
| IRN | 414509 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A458r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/y3w49ph9 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 28 November 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 46' 41". |