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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D03
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D03
24 Nov 1938
[Side 1] Reg recites anecdote of Billy, a regular drinker, and his wife, Mary, hauling him out of bar and sending him home, describes how one Saturday night Billy nearly choked to death on fried tripe...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D078
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D078
Feb 1953
Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D10
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D10
06 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Discussion about bees, memories of father's traditional brewing methods, use of yeast and barley in local brewing and baking. [Side 2] Discussion about gardening in recent dry weather, comple...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D59
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D59
23 Aug 1939
[Side 1] Mr Currie tells an anecdote about a minister seeking selection for the local kirk, general discussion of local flower show, leeks, barley soups, scabious. [Side 2] Mr Currie recites the story...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D132
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D132
07 Nov 1952
[Side 1] Wilsey talks about religion in past, recalls going to Denby Dale Primitive Methodist Chapel to 'take pledge' [= to conform to rules of temperance movement], describes passionate singing and p...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D133
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D133
Feb 1953
[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...