STP 308 BBC
Sound Library
England Scotland and Wales : folk customs
- 1959.
- 1 audio tape reel
Tape. An assemblage of recordings of folk customs and interviews from around Britain.
Olney Pancake Race, Buckinghamshire. Shrovetide at Olney, Buckinghamshire. Commentary and interviews by Celia Irving. Programme: 'In the South East' 10/2/19959: 1. Sound of church bells and chatter of crowd (0'20") -- 2. Interview with Rev. R.W. Collins (0'46") -- 3. Interview with the starter (Mr Morgan)(1'10") -- 4. Interview with the verger (Mr Parker) (0'34") -- 5. Start of race (0'12") -- 6. Finish of race (1'12") -- Isle of Purbeck Marblers, Dorset: Bob Harris talks about the marblers and their customs. Interviewer: Johnny Morris, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, August 1959 -- Quit Rent Ceremony, Law Courts, London, recorded 24/10/1961. Account by James Arnott of the Ceremony, Programme: Wednesday Review (MHS, 25/10/1961) (2'13") -- Well Dressing, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, recorded 1959. Prize winner Mrs Southern talks of the custom to Tom German. (1'50") -- Beating the bounds, Hereford, recorded 15/4/1961. Introduced by Peter Brown (3'45"). (Programme 'Wednesday Review', (MHS 19/4/1961) -- Fen Country Cures, Waldersea, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, recorded 4/4/1962. Programme: Saturday Morning, MHS 7/4/1962. Arthur Rendell describes some country cures of Shaun McCann (3'36") -- Bread and Cheese Throwing, at St. Briavels in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire, recorded 5/6/1962. Interviewer: Peter Duddridge. Programme: Round Up, WEHS 11/6/1962. Mr W.G. Creswick, describes the ceremony (4'22") -- Tatworth Candle Auction, Tatworth, Somerset, recorded 8/4/1958. Part of the auction with narration and introduction by Tom Salmon. (4'38") -- High Wycombe Weighing of Mayor, Market Square, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, recorded 19/5/1958: 1. Proclamation by Beadle, weighing of Mayor, sound of bell, cry of 'Oyez', announcement of weight. (0'38") -- 2. Weighing of the Mayoress, a councillor and the Town Clerk (1'10") -- 3. Weighing of Members of Council (2'34") -- Hawick Roxburgh, Scotland. 6/6/57: 1. Teribus played on fife and drums (1'24") -- 2. Teribus sung by inhabitants, led by Mr Harry Storrie, with piano played by Mr Lightheart(3'40") -- 'Cry' and interview with Maggie Strachan, Cairnbulg Crier, by Alistair Selway. Programme: 'Town and Country' SHS 31/5/60. Recorded Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. 30/4/60: 1. Cry (0'37") -- 2. Interview (2'10") Alex Sim, a water diviner, and his friend James M. Davidson, interviewed by Bill Rankin, Suchen, Aberdeenshire. 1/10/61. (Programme: 'Town and Country' - SHS 13/10/61 -- Marriage customs of the 1880's in Wales, described by Morgan Williams (aged 85-90). Llandilo, Camarthenshire, Wales 27.05.52. (recorded for programme 'Ar Gog', not broadcast). (1'35"). [Available only on Tape BBC 308].