SCD CDA PALMER 2
Sound Lib. CDA
Roy Palmer collection CD 2
/ George Dunn
- British Library Sound Archive, [2001].
- 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Compact disc.
C1023/3 [VWML tape 342]. George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Dudley, West Midlands, 29 March 1971: 1. Talks about lucky bags containing sweets, with popular songs of the day printed on the back (1890s) -- 2. Sings fragments of Old Molly Riley and Sweet Marie and continues to talk about songs -- 3. Talks about the News of the World printing songs during the war; sings fragments of Darling Mabel and parody -- 4. Parson's tailor [fragment] -- 5. The female highwayman -- 6. Talks about the female highwayman -- 7. The watercress girl -- 8. Talks about football and football songs and players; sings Rowdy dowdy boys -- 9. Keep right to the end of the road -- 10. Tells story of winning a gamecock in a raffle -- C1023/4 [VWML tape 343]. George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Dudley, West Midlands, 29 March 1971: 11. Story of winning a gamecock in a raffle continued, followed by talk about game cocks generally -- 12. The cruelty of cock fighting -- 13. His mother, violence towards women, family life, poverty, meals -- 14. Local dialect & sayings, story of staying in Barnsley Hall hospital -- 15. Staying in Barnsley Hall hospital & local dialects (cont). [next day, 30 March 1971] -- 16. Talks about chainmaking & blacksmithing; learning the trade [brother Ernie joins conversation] sayings of the trade.