Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland
Description
William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton by Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. Sings 'Out in the Wild World'; talks about learning tunes from his father and grandfather (never written down); own song composition, 'We're Only Two Boys from the North'; working in ironstone mines in the Guisborough area; working with his father in drift mines; first job at thirteen - farm work, for five years (Milk Boy/Thirdy); work on the local council; mine working conditions - clothing, organisation of teams, splitting rock, pay, hours of work, mine sizes, management; describes ?Hester mine and working the face; Durham miners at Hester; horses; mine employees; places mentioned in WH's song; sings 'The Day I Left Old Ireland', 'Patsy Fagan' and 'Where Did You Get that Hat?' [Tr. 4] Sings [ 'I've Worked All My Life as a Cobbler'] and [ 'We've Got a Cat Named Tommy']; talks about learning songs from his father; daughter talks about her grandmother; song composition; the Sick Club - singing at an end of year party, organised with surplus funds; sings [ 'I am a Boy that Did Wrong to His Parents']; work opportunities after mining; the Depression; Borrowby Steel Works; daughter talks of the decline in ironstone mining; WH sings 'Way Down in Calcutta' [ 'Sweet Avelina']; sings favourite song, [ 'Farewell Friends and Kind Relations'], [ 'On the Cleveland Banks'], [ 'There Was a Rich Farmer in Cleveland'] and 'Farmer's Boy' (Mr. Bennett comments on this version); daughter comments on remembering songs. [Tr. 1]. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A423r. 15 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | yk2fmgg3 |
| IRN | 414473 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A422r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/yk2fmgg3 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick, Green, Anthony E |
| Date | 16 November 1975 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 87' 09". |