Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/73/7/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date14 June 1973
DescriptionTrack 1: Test tone, 0.15 mins
Track 2: An unidentified interviewer, possibly Charles Parker, talks to the Archbishop of York about the Mystery Plays in York, 1.43 mins
Track 3: Charles Parker talks to two men, one called Lambert, about the provision of gypsy sites, and the right of cathedral cities to claim exemption from the law requiring them to provide gypsy sites, 6.02 mins
Track 4: Charles Parker talks to two unidentified women about rubbish collection and sanitation at gypsy sites, the 'filthy' schools their children go to, use of the words 'gypsy' and 'traveller' as an insult, 3.59 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker talks to Danny, a boy of 16 and an unidentified boy, both gypsies, about going to school, living on the private site, about his family and what they would like to do in the future. They says that they wouldn't like to settle down and would like to keep moving around. Charles Parker asks about jobs they would like to do - they talk about scrap and ragging. Charles Parker asks Danny how people treat him, they say they wouldn't like to be like people in York. Charles Parker asks what they like to be called, ('gypsy', 'traveller' or 'Romany') and they give examples of gypsy speech, 6.05 mins
Track 6: Charles Parker asks about gypsy songs, they say that the younger generation don't sing the old songs, a boy sings 'I was born in the wheel of a wagon', 1.30 mins
Track 7: A group of gypsies sing part of 'I'm a Romany Rye'. Charles Parker asks whether they know any old carols and they talk about Christianity, Charles Parker talks about the stories of Lazarus and Ishmael , 2.19 mins
Track 8: Charles Parker sings a song beginning 'As it fell out upon one day', 1.16 mins

Total: 23.12 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0428680
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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