| Description | Tracks 1 - 14: Actuality with two elderly women (Mrs Amy Salter and Mrs Ada Shaw) from Worsbrough Bridge, Barnsley, South Yorkshire and Charles Parker. The two women speak about the local mining community and their memories of growing up in the area (early twentieth century). One of the women describes her relationship with her husband and they sing and speak about traditional local songs. The women describe the miners' annual demonstrations in their local area when they were children and speak about the role of women in their mining community. Parker discusses trade unionism and nationalisation with the two sisters. The women talk about local practices such as the way they would wash their laundry and the local terminology for such practices. They describe members of their local community and relate local sayings.
Total: 32.53 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0297980 |