The British Library The British Library http://sounds.bl.uk/JISC ASR IPR STATUS LIST.xls Mrs Louie Norman interview, part 03 1CDR0011431 (copy of C1033/136) Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection Recording notes: Interview continued on C1033/137 Mrs Louisa Norman talks about the local Brass band, the Band of Hope, a temperance group. Moved to Westport and then to Hambridge when she was married at 21. Living next door to Louie Hopper at Westport. They were hoping to buy their house there but it was bought over their heads. The canal wasn’t working even then. Louie Hooper was ‘a wonderful old lady, she could tell fortunes’. They knew her well because her mother-in-law used to take communion at the same church with her. Remembers her being recorded by the BBC. ‘She was wonderful with children and she was ever such a dear old soul but y’know she had a terrible rough life, awful rough life’. Her and her sister, Lucy White, singing to Cecil Sharp. Louie Hooper’s son would sometimes eat at their place because they [the Hoopers] were so poor. Remembers her singing: Lord Randal [Roud Folk Song Index No. 10]; Hares on the mountain [Roud Folk Song Index No. 329]; Georgie [Roud Folk Song Index No. 90], but doesn’t remember Green Broom [Roud Folk Song Index No. 379] or The False Bride [Roud Folk Song Index No. 159]. Anecdote about Louie Hooper seeing Will Norman [the interviewee’s husband] going to work with 2lb of cheese on his head [told in Somerset accent]. [Interview continued on C1033/137] 1983-02-16 Ilminster, Somerset, England, UK English sound Norman, Mrs Louisa, 1905- (speaker, female) Patten, Bob (speaker, male) Patten, Jacqueline (speaker, female) Patten, Bob Patten, Jacqueline 44100 16 00:07:56 44100 16 00:07:56 44100 16 128 kbps 00:07:56 44100 16 192 kbps