| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/11/10 |
| Title | Sound recording of Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield singing and talking about traditional songs and her childhood; miscellaneous collection of traditional singing and extracts from radio programmes including mention of Sankey hymns |
| Level | File |
| Date | c.1962 |
| Description | CD 1 of 2: Tracks 2-3: traditional singing by unknown male performer; Tracks 4-13: interview by [Ewan MacColl] of Mrs Hannah Short talking and singing.
CD 2 of 2: Tracks 2-6: traditional singing and extracts from radio programmes including mention of Sankey's Hymns [Ira D. Sankey of Pennsylavania joined Dwight Lyman Moody, a Chicago preacher and his evangelistic team, in 1870 and the two men brought the evangelistic revival to America and the British Isles. The music and hymns of Sankey became renowned and are still sung in churches today].
CD-R 1 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.06 Description of track: Silent start to tape
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.53 Description of track: Unknown male performer Singing 'Rarem Tarem Fisherman' (Doggy or Dogger Bank)
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.46 Description of track: Unknown male performer Singing 'Yellow Handkerchief'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 4.47 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield[Ewan MacColl] interviewing Mrs Hannah Short who talks about the songs she has not sung for the last fifty years
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 3.01 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield Singing 'The Bonny Pit Laddie' and talking about the song
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.35 Description of track: [Ewan MacColl] talks about a song being like a handmade well woven piece of cloth
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 5.08 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield Singing twice 'I Wish I Wish'
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 8.08 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield HS talks about her childhood, started work aged 7 years in the mornings lunch times and tea time to help an old lady around the house; she left school aged 12 years and went into service in Heaton
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 0.47 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield about mining songs
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.33 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield Talks about the song 'The Cock in yon Green Tree'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.27 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield Recalls celebrating Christmas in the past, singing and the families entertaining themselves
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.18 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield Recalls clog dancing and men from the colliery on New Years morning dancing with swords, a man would be dressed as a woman and was referred to as 'The Betty'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 3.49 Description of track: Mrs Hannah Short of Fatfield Explains that there was no tradition of music hall entertainment when she was a child; concerts would be held in the school hall
Total duration: (min/sec): 36.18
CD-R 2 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 2.58 Description of track: Silent start to tape
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.20 Description of track: End of radio programme produced by Charles Parker called 'Instant Salvation', a symposium on Modern Evangelism, featuring Ewan MacColl amongst many others
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.00 Description of track: Extract of radio programme with male performer and others singing a song about a market
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.57 Description of track: Odd extracts of speech; unknown male performer singing song about weavers [most of track is silent]
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 5.05 Description of track: Odd extracts of speech and radio programme takes about Sankey Hymns and evangelism [most of track is silent]
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 9.10 Description of track: Odd extracts of speech and radio programmes; singing on the Midland Home Service [c.5mins of silence at end of track]
Total duration: (min/sec): 23.30 |
| Related Material | See also recordings at MS 4000/5/1/11/5-7;9;16, MS 4000/5/2/2/1,4,7 and
MS 4000/5/2/3/1-2 of Sam Larner and Sam Larner/Harry Cox recording at MS 4000/5/1/1/11. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 2 x CD-R serial numbers
CD 1 of 2: NF220 T094 4774
CD 2 of 2: NF220 T094 4674
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 15ips (38cm/s); 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 12/02
Notes: Background hiss to CD 1 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |