Survey of English Dialects recording in Wedmore, Somerset
Description
[Side 1] Walt talks about making cider with traditional cider-press, mentions feeding 'pomace' [= crushed apples] to cows in field, describes cider-press incl. 'vollier' [= part of cider-press to which pressure is applied], compares farming now and in past, discusses milking by hand, reflects on increased mecahnisation incl. use of tractors and milking machines, recalls working out in fields in freezing conditions. [Side 2] Walt talks about childhood pranks incl. 'tick-button' [= window tapping] and tying neighbour's door knockers together, recalls shooting marbles at windows with catapults and scrumping plums, describes occasion when friend knocked himself out running into tree in orchard while trying to evade policeman when playing tick-button and hiding in pigs' house all night, memories of Guy Fawkes night incl. dressing up, torchlit procession and fireworks.
Metadata
| Identifier | zc14xc9l |
| IRN | 726638 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D259 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zc14xc9l |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | Jul 1956 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 48 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 58 sec. |