An Account of the Home Life, Leisure-Time Activities and Community Traditions of the Northumbrian Coal Miner, Dealing Mainly with the Period 1900 to 1930
Description
A dissertation based on interviews with seven miners and ex-miners from Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. The first of its three chapters contains a biographical note on, and the recollections of, the collector's principal informant, William Mayther. Chapter Two includes sections on pigeon-racing, whippet-racing, show leeks and potshare bowling. The final chapter contains examples of oral tradition, including local expressions (with explanations) and folk song texts. A glossary of dialect words is also included.
Metadata
| Identifier | z5wf57wq |
| IRN | 410051 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/015 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/z5wf57wq |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Fryer, Sheila |
| Date | 1964 |
| Size and Medium | 49 unbound typed leaves. |