| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/2/2 |
| Title | Radio programme, 'Songs of the Durham Miners', recorded for the BBC Third programme. This is the second part of the first of two programmes compiled and introduced by A.L.Lloyd recorded in the village of Birtley, co. Durham, called ' The older stratum: mining songs of Northumbria from the beginning of industrialization to the 1880s.' |
| Level | File |
| Date | 1964 |
| Description | Social history and songs of the mining community introduced by A.L. Lloyd. Recorded in the Three Tuns public house in Birtley. Part 1 recorded on MS 4000/5/3/1/1.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 16.24 Description of track: Includes John, Jack and Pat Elliott, John Pandridge, John Reevie, Colin Ross, Lou Killen, Birtley Folksong Club
Song 'Are you hinny burd?'
Song 'I wish pay Friday would come'
Song 'The Kerry recruit'
Song 'The Blackleg Miners'
Total duration: (min/sec): 16.24 |
| Related Material | MS 4000/1/7/3 Articles by A.L.Lloyd: 'The Life of a Mine Singer' (Thomas Armstrong
(1848-1919)); 'Workers' Songs in England'.
MS 4000/5/3/2/2 contd. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number CF129K0047974
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track stereo
Dubbing Date: 01/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |