| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/4/2 |
| Title | Recording of Mrs Emily Mary Turner (b.1888) of Wednesbury describing her background, political elections and employment |
| Level | File |
| Date | 19 July 1963 |
| Description | Interview by Charles Parker and John Fletcher of Mrs Emily Mary Turner (EMT) describing her background, political elections and employment.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.09 Description of track: [silent start to tape]
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 3.45 Description of track: EMT describes Wednesbury market and a man dressed in a wild manner with robes called Sequa who extracted teeth and had someone to bang a drum so that no one could hear the shouts; trys to recall political songs and sings 'Vote for Short the Labour Man' [Alf Short first Labour MP in Wednesbury] which would have been sung on political processions
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 0.44 Description of track: talks a little more about Alf Short and his daughter who wrote a note to the electors to urge then to vote for her father
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.39 Description of track: her daughter-in-law tries to recall the Beating The Bounds custom in May
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 5.38 Description of track: EMT reads aloud a letter the 14 year old daughter of Alfred Short wrote in support of her father; talks about great support for Alf Short, first Labour MP in Wednesbury 1918-1931; talk a little about food on special occasions such as Christmas; mention the Family Bible and show it to CP; John [Fletcher] reads out family entries from Bible dating c1850-1900
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 2.50 Description of track: EMT shows them her grandfathers will who lived in Potters Lane; talks about the pits in Wednesbury and where the miners worked including the Old Park Works which employed 1000s (now Metro Cammell) and the [Crown Tube Works] where Alf Short used to talk outside
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 0.32 Description of track: talks a little about the miners
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.13 Description of track: describes her family origins; grandfather came from Harborne
Total duration: (min/sec): 17.30 |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number PF219 T018 7574
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 12/02 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |