SCD CDA PALMER 1
Sound Lib. CDA
Roy Palmer collection CD 1
/ George Dunn
- British Library Sound Archive, [2001].
- 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Compact disc.
C1023/1 [VWML tape 340]. George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Dudley, West Midlands, 29 March 1971: 1. Talks about father's work; puddling; father sung in pubs -- 2. Education; attending local board school; working in the chainmaking trade; getting paid on Saturdays; doing work for the Titanic and the Queen Elizabeth -- 3. Charles Parker asks him to sing the Miller's song [he doesn't] -- 4. How he was excused the national service in World War I because of his trade -- 5. The miller's song [recordists join in chorus] -- 6. How he learned the song from his father; lack of education; sex education -- 7. [end of joke] His father's work; family life (1900s); the neighbourhood he grew up in; Sheffield street -- 8. His father's hobbies; fighting dogs; pigeon flying; eel fishing with night lines [poaching]; Father was a champion whistler, known for his imitation of nightingales -- 9. Nottingham Poacher [tape finishes before end - continued on next tape] -- C1023/2 [VWML tape 341]. George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Dudley, West Midlands, 29 March 1971: 10. Nottingham Poacher [continued from previouds tape] -- 11. Talks about Nottingham Poacher [sings some verses again] -- 12. Talks about the miller's Song [sings part] -- 13. Talks about the Miller's Song [cont] -- 14. All Fours [fragment] -- 15. Explains the card game All Fours -- 16. Explains the card game All Fours [cont] -- 17. Explains the meaning of the song All Fours -- 18. Talks about sports; dog fighting; cock fighting; pigeon flying; betting -- 19. Story of brother Ernie's fighting dog and pigeon flying -- 20. Starts to talk about other songs he used to sing [continued on next tape].