The British Library The British Library http://sounds.bl.uk/JISC ASR IPR STATUS LIST.xls Gladys Withers interview, part 04 1CDR0012312 (copy of C1033/207) Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection Item notes: Provisional identification with regards to Don Withers who is only identified on the tape as 'Don' but is very probably Mrs Withers husband. Recording notes: Recording continued from C1033/206 [recording continued from C1033/206] Gladys Withers talks about customs. They didn’t do egg shackling but did have a maypole at Barton (organised by the school and the Band of Hope) on the villages club day when collected money was shared our. Father did the catering for the day. Mother once made 50 plum puddings for Queen Victoria’s diamond Jubilee in 1887 [Interviewee is partially correct here as 1887 was the year of Victoria’s golden jubilee, 1897 was the diamond jubilee]. She hated mothers black skirt that she wore in mourning when the Queen died. Her parents thought the world of the Queen. The local club days. One of her sisters cooked breakfast for the bandsmen. Father was a wonderful baker. 1986-08-16 Horton, Ilminster, Somerset, England, UK English sound Withers, Don (speaker, male) Withers, Gladys, 1901- (speaker, female) Patten, Bob (speaker, male) Patten, Jacqueline (speaker, female) Patten, Bob Patten, Jacqueline 44100 16 00:07:32 44100 16 00:07:32 44100 16 128 kbps 00:07:32 44100 16 192 kbps