| Description | Charles Parker talks to a several unidentified miners and a miner's wife who work at a pit in Emley Moor, Yorkshire.
Track 1: An unidentified miner describes working conditions in the mine and the journey down into the mine. Charles Parker asks about words for equipment used in the mine. The miner talks about the size of the coal face and the seams, and the type of coal mined, which is good for coke, safety in the pits, and the good safety record of British coalmining. He says that the pit is at least one hundred years old.
Track 2: Sounds of echoing voices and running water recorded near the pithead, 3.52 mins
Track 3: An unidentified man reads an extract from a Mystery Play. Charles Parker asks him whether he thinks the plays should be played in their original language and he says that the plays should be updated and made into a language that people can understand, 2.58 mins
Track 4: Charles Parker asks him if he finds any sense in the play and he says he does not understand it and does not enjoy the language. Charles Parker asks another man to read part of a mystery play - he reads part of a play about the Harrowing of Hell, 3.45 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker talks to an unidentified miner - he describes what it's like to work in the pit. Charles Parker talks about a folk song about a woman who has come back from hell, 1.21 mins
Tracks 6-7: An unidentified man reads an extract from a Mystery Plays. He tells Charles Parker about his working life in the mines - he has worked in the pit since 1930 and so did his father. They talk about how miners were thought of in the past - he says that miners used to be slaves and the people who burnt the coal had no idea how the coal was got.
Track 9: Sounds probably recorded in the mine, 0.53 mins
Track 10: An unidentified woman reads an extract from the Mystery Plays and talks with Charles Parker about her husband, who was paralysed following an accident in a mine. She discusses the words of the play, 2.51 mins
Track 11: Silence, 0.59 mins
Total: 24.25 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0428880 |