| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/3/7 |
| Title | Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886) reading from the Child Employment Commission Reports of 1841, and talking about her Scottish accent, education and working life. |
| Level | File |
| Date | 24 June 1969 |
| Description | Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.14 Description of track: [silent start to tape]
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 10.38 Description of track: BM reading the Isabel Hogg passage from the Child Employment Commission Reports, 1841; number of takes; CP particularly interested in her pronunciation and inflection with long drawn out vowels
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.38 Description of track: talks about her Scottish accent and being Scottish; been in England for 55 years
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 4.56 Description of track: talks about her education and school in Canelon, Falkirk; rhyme they sang; Scottish accent
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.57 Description of track: mentions her work in a pawn brokers in Canelon
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.16 Description of track: [noises as side 2 of reel started]
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.48 Description of track: tells some pawn broking stories of poverty stricken people
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: talks about men drinking and blames bad house keeping for their downfall
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 4.18 Description of track: continues talking about the pawn broking business
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.28 Description of track: talks about meeting her husband when she was lodging with his aunt and uncle; fond memories
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 6.55 Description of track: talks again about being in service to a minister in Glasgow (see MS 4000/ 5/1/3/2)
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 7.04 Description of track: BM reads Isabel Hogg again; number of takes
Total duration: (min/sec): 43.52 |
| Related Material | See CD recording of the sixth radio ballad 'On The Edge' originally transmitted on the BBC Home Service in February 1963. Accompanying written production documentation on the radio ballad is at MS 4000/ 2/92. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number CF129 K006 7074
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s) and 3.75ips (9.5cm/s); change of speed during tape
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 12/02 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |