Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
Sandy Kelly, recorded at home in Rosedale Abbey with his wife; plays a 1927 recording of William McEwan singing 'The Old Rugged Cross' and [ 'We are Travelling Home to Heaven']; discusses other songs and plays another recording [unidentified]; biographical details; recites the words to an unidentified song; pub singing and the popularity of 'The Old Rugged Cross'; Army experience; talks of poverty, changes in living standards and the reflection of poverty in certain songs; good music; SK's time in India during ?World War One; the Dalesmen Male Voice Choir (group of twenty Dalesmen singers); old song re. morphine and cocaine - modern day drug problems and the relevance of the song. 29 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | zj2g1r1g |
| IRN | 414487 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A436r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zj2g1r1g |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 2 April 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 30' 11". |