| Description | Tracks 1 - 13: Actuality with elderly women (Mrs Earnshaw and Mrs Butcher) from the town of Jump, South Yorkshire, and Charles Parker. They speak about the mining community in Jump and describe traditional songs and folk plays in Jump, including "Three Jolly Boys" and folk rhymes for Christian festivals. The women talk about the history of the town of Jump and the nature and personalities of the people that live there. One of the women speaks about her father's experiences working in the coal mines and describes the accident that killed him and the subsequent inquest. She also speaks about her grandmother, who was one of the first registered midwives in the Yorkshire area.
Total: 33.59 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0309580 |