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Total number of records: 7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
folk music7
culture7
english language - dialects6
manners and customs4
occupations4
food crops4
food4
agriculture4
community life3
education2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Knights, James (1880-1880)7
Holy Jim7
Jimmy7
Dunn, Ginette5
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)2
Moore, Hector B.2
Ling, Percy (1906-1982)2
Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)2
Poacher, Cyril (1910-1999)1
Webb, Percy1

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham; talks about singing as a boy, winning first prize in a singing competition; song papers, murder songs, song papers and penny song books; learning tun...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham on the 11 September 1974; talks about being recorded by Topic Records; family singing; learning songs from the 'News of the World'; father singing; si...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham on the 14 October 1974; talks about Bob Hart; playing quoits; old songs and modern versions; remembering songs; 'Poacher's Song', 'Lancashire Poacher'...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

November 1974

Singing at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall, on the 15 November 1974. Percy Ling tells jokes; Geoff Ling sings 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree'; Cyril Poacher attempts 'The Bonny Bunch of Roses' (twice); Bo...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

16 November 1974

Singing at the George and Dragon pub in Farnham [conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A395r]. General conversation about singing and (favourite) songs; [ James Knights] sings 'I Love My...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)

[1960s]

James Knights of Woodbridge [?recorded in 1968] talks about his work with horses; as horse man; learning from the age of thirteen; working in Yorkshire; horses' stables; travelling a stallion; going t...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)

[1960s]

James Knights of Woodbridge [?recorded in 1968] talks about Suffolk and Norfolk men taking seasonal jobs in Burton upon Trent, in October after the harvest; describes work and conditions in the maltho...

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