Traditional music in England

Gladys Withers interview, part 04

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:07:32

  • Cultures

    English

  • Shelf mark

    1CDR0012312 (copy of C1033/207)

  • Recording date

    1986-08-16

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection

  • Recording locations

    Horton, Ilminster, Somerset, England, UK

  • Interviewees

    Withers, Don (speaker, male), Withers, Gladys, 1901- (speaker, female)

  • Interviewers

    Patten, Bob (speaker, male), Patten, Jacqueline (speaker, female)

  • Recordist

    Patten, Bob

  • Abstract

    [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.

  • Description

    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

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Gladys Withers interview, part 04

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