Traditional music in England
Mrs Wilcox interview
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Type
sound
Duration
00:07:51
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
1CDR0011426 (copy of C1033/131)
Recording date
1982-09-21
Is part of (Collection)
Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection
Recording locations
Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK
Interviewees
Wilcox, Mrs (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Patten, Bob (speaker, male)
Recordist
Patten, Bob
Abstract
Ston Easton Mummers – Mrs Wilcox talks about her father, Oliver Gate, being a member of the Ston Easton Mummers at the end of the 19th Century. The characters that she remembers: The Turkish Knight, St George and the Doctor. The Turkish Knight blacked his face. She only remembers the line ‘In comes I’ [later remembers that it is ‘In comes I Father Christmas]. The custom died out soon after this time. Can’t remember where it was performed but thinks it was outside houses and Inns. Doesn’t know if this was the same group that performed at Chewton Mendip. Her fathers Christmas recitations ‘Trip to Bridgewater’ and ‘Tommy Nuttys trip to Bristol’. She was born at Gurney Slade. Music making in the family.
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Recording notes: Four internal edits in the recording during the interview
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Mrs Wilcox interview
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