Berliner Lautarchiv British & Commonwealth recordings
Prestbury, Gloucestershire
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:50
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C1315/1/484
Recording date
1916-10-09
Is part of (Collection)
Berliner Lautarchiv British & Commonwealth Recordings
Recording locations
Wahn, Germany
Producers
Berliner Phonographische Kommission
Recordist
Doegen, Wilhelm (male, recordist), Brandl, Alois (male, Professor of English)
Speakers
Child, Percy, b.1885 (male, musician)
Description
Speaker's note: Aged 31 and from Prestbury (near Cheltenham), Gloucestershire, England. Born on 2 October 1885 in Prestbury. Lived in Prestbury until the age of 3, when he moved to Felfield, then at 17 he became a soldier going to London and Aldershot. His father was from Chippenham, Wiltshire and his mother from Mere, Wiltshire. Can read and write in English. Answers yes to the question 'Can you sing/play music?' Instrument: Organ. Religion: Protestant. Occupation: organist. Item note: Percy reads the Parable of the Prodigal Son (taken from Luke chapter XV, verse 11-32).
Metadata record:
Prestbury, Gloucestershire
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