Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Description
A. Leslie Maxfield, recorded in Cawthorne, discusses and explains dry stone wall repairs; source of stone; wall construction; through stones and distribution of weight; Ha Ha (sunken fence); shaping stones; coal seam and iron smelters (bell pits); shows/talks re. construction of roofed building; cutting stone; talk of local waller, George Roberts; arrowslits; clearing trees to get stones; points out walls built by himself. 2 of 4. Recorded outside. Recording affected in places by wind noise picked up by the microphone.
Metadata
| Identifier | zb792kqd |
| IRN | 414314 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A265r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zb792kqd |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Brooks, Margaret |
| Date | 13 February 1973 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 32' 11". |