Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Description
Col Revitt, recorded at home in Worrall, talks about carol singing with the Big Set (carol band) - describes the route taken, through Worrall, Wadsley and Oughtibridge, houses visited, carols requested, largesse given, money collected, pubs visited (in Loxley, Wadsley, Worrall and Oughtibridge); starting carol singing six weeks before Christmas - also at Wharncliffe Side, Stannington and Deepcar; end of the Big Set, pre-World War Two, and revival after the war; discusses old songs, singing with a local [?Worrall] Male Voice Choir, pub singing, part singing, carol manuscript books.
Metadata
| Identifier | y5b8myzs |
| IRN | 414232 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A182r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/y5b8myzs |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Russell, Ian |
| Date | 2 February 1971 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 32' 12". |