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radio "pit boots and stotty cake - away to the war
"Pit boots and stotty cake: away to the war". Life of Durham pit folk in world war one. Joining up, the Derby scheme, armlet to avoid the white feather. Going to the trenches, deaths, shelling gas, poverty, end of the war. With music e.g. long war to Tipperary, the DLI, and Wilfred Owen's anthem for doomed youth
"Pit boots and stotty cake: away to the war". Life of Durham pit folk in world war one. Joining up, the Derby scheme, armlet to avoid the white feather. Going to the trenches, deaths, shelling gas, poverty, end of the war. With music e.g. long war to Tipperary, the DLI, and Wilfred Owen's anthem for doomed youth
dialects
Demonstrating a range of dialects - Elsdon, Allendale, Cockermouth, Allendale, Northumberland Durham border, Hexhamshire, Hexhamshire, Blanchland, Allendale, Weardale, Stokesley, Newcastle, Elsdon, Ford - subjects include mining, sheep farming, and world war one
Demonstrating a range of dialects - Elsdon, Allendale, Cockermouth, Allendale, Northumberland Durham border, Hexhamshire, Hexhamshire, Blanchland, Allendale, Weardale, Stokesley, Newcastle, Elsdon, Ford - subjects include mining, sheep farming, and world war one
Bill Hurworth
Mother had polio, children were removed for "neglect" - he was sent to Lanchester cottage homes. Chores and dormitory rooms. Not fed properly - hungry enough to eat roof lining, also punished with solitary confinement. Tried to run away once. Woman caught him stealing food, expected a telling off but actually she fed him again. Went to visit mother, found she had died, later told the place was Durham prison hospital. Adoptive family, visits to "unsuitable" man. Got work at grocers, had no money left after board and lodging. Back to other chores, a normal day. Tried to injure selves to get spe...
Mother had polio, children were removed for "neglect" - he was sent to Lanchester cottage homes. Chores and dormitory rooms. Not fed properly - hungry enough to eat roof lining, also punished with solitary confinement. Tried to run away once. Woman caught him stealing food, expected a telling off but actually she fed him again. Went to visit mother, found she had died, later told the place was Durham prison hospital. Adoptive family, visits to "unsuitable" man. Got work at grocers, had no money left after board and lodging. Back to other chores, a normal day. Tried to injure selves to get spe...
Harry Burns
Started training to be a chemist, spent time in the army. Transferred to studying mining. Practical start at Ashington, then at a drift mine. Promotions. Suggested that he moved out of the pub into a house. Managers. Life in Newcastle College. Changing in mining practice, naked light mines. Swapping tobacco for food in Burma. Union negotiations. Searching for coal offshore. Managing Beamish Mary pit, looking for new seams. Manager in a Rolls Royce. Nationalisation. Pit accident, roof collapse. Trying to revive a private mine. Looking after pit ponies, when they were on surface in 1984, acciden...
Started training to be a chemist, spent time in the army. Transferred to studying mining. Practical start at Ashington, then at a drift mine. Promotions. Suggested that he moved out of the pub into a house. Managers. Life in Newcastle College. Changing in mining practice, naked light mines. Swapping tobacco for food in Burma. Union negotiations. Searching for coal offshore. Managing Beamish Mary pit, looking for new seams. Manager in a Rolls Royce. Nationalisation. Pit accident, roof collapse. Trying to revive a private mine. Looking after pit ponies, when they were on surface in 1984, acciden...
northumbria anthology
Durham big meetin day: around county Durham. Elsie Marley, The Ballad Of George Washington, Celebrated Working Man, Jowl, Jowl And Listen, Little Chance, The Trimdon Grange Explosion, The Old Miner, Rap Her To Bank, We Went Alang A Bit Farther, Ee, Aye, Aa Could Hew, The Fishermen Hung The Monkey, The Lass Of Cockerton, Durham Big Meetin’ Day, The Banks Of The Dee, And I Shall Cry Again, Durham Gaol, The Oakey Strike Evictions
Durham big meetin day: around county Durham. Elsie Marley, The Ballad Of George Washington, Celebrated Working Man, Jowl, Jowl And Listen, Little Chance, The Trimdon Grange Explosion, The Old Miner, Rap Her To Bank, We Went Alang A Bit Farther, Ee, Aye, Aa Could Hew, The Fishermen Hung The Monkey, The Lass Of Cockerton, Durham Big Meetin’ Day, The Banks Of The Dee, And I Shall Cry Again, Durham Gaol, The Oakey Strike Evictions
northumbria anthology
The valley of Tees: songs of West Durham. Fourpence A Day, The Fall Of The Leaf, Tek Yersel’ A Wife, The Valley Of Tees, The Blanchland Tup, Bonny Bairn, What Will Me Mother Say?, Old Crag Gate, Sly Sally, Old Parkin Raine The Fiddler, Ye Nivvor Come, The Barnard Castle Tragedy, The Bonny Moorhen, Killhope Moor
The valley of Tees: songs of West Durham. Fourpence A Day, The Fall Of The Leaf, Tek Yersel’ A Wife, The Valley Of Tees, The Blanchland Tup, Bonny Bairn, What Will Me Mother Say?, Old Crag Gate, Sly Sally, Old Parkin Raine The Fiddler, Ye Nivvor Come, The Barnard Castle Tragedy, The Bonny Moorhen, Killhope Moor
Bob Ferguson
The full interview - started work near Chopwell, Durham; general strike - moved as they wouldn’t take him back on afterwards. Pay, hours, conditions in different pits. Drifts at Midgeholme, hard hand working. Different lamps. Accidents, putting in props. Growing on the allotment. Life much harder before the union. Poor conditions in the pit, bad air. Would come home and collapse, vivid description of how ill it made him. Shotfiring. Near miss accidents.
The full interview - started work near Chopwell, Durham; general strike - moved as they wouldn’t take him back on afterwards. Pay, hours, conditions in different pits. Drifts at Midgeholme, hard hand working. Different lamps. Accidents, putting in props. Growing on the allotment. Life much harder before the union. Poor conditions in the pit, bad air. Would come home and collapse, vivid description of how ill it made him. Shotfiring. Near miss accidents.
Northumbrian barn dance
Northumbrian Barn Dance, with The Northumbrian Serenaders and Bob Crosier, Jack Armstrong, William Scott and Willie Walker and his Country Dance band - Durham reel; Newcastle dance; square reel; have you seen wor jimmy?; the water of Tyne; the family waltz; hill burnie; Nancy's fancy; the cliffs of old Tynemouth; cushie butterfield; the triumph?
Northumbrian Barn Dance, with The Northumbrian Serenaders and Bob Crosier, Jack Armstrong, William Scott and Willie Walker and his Country Dance band - Durham reel; Newcastle dance; square reel; have you seen wor jimmy?; the water of Tyne; the family waltz; hill burnie; Nancy's fancy; the cliffs of old Tynemouth; cushie butterfield; the triumph?
Voices of the Durham coast and Denes
Memories relating to specific spots along the Castle Eden Dene and nearby coastline, with ambient sound. Notably - venturing into the Dene as children. Seeing wildlife. Working for Colonel Burdon. Legends about the Devil's lapstone, ghosts, a "witch". Water supply. Suicide from the viaduct. Burying shoes in the sand. Pitch and toss schools. The beach, black with coal, could pick it up, some lived in beach shacks. Met future husband
Memories relating to specific spots along the Castle Eden Dene and nearby coastline, with ambient sound. Notably - venturing into the Dene as children. Seeing wildlife. Working for Colonel Burdon. Legends about the Devil's lapstone, ghosts, a "witch". Water supply. Suicide from the viaduct. Burying shoes in the sand. Pitch and toss schools. The beach, black with coal, could pick it up, some lived in beach shacks. Met future husband
west stanley disaster
Documentary about the Durham mining and West Stanley pit disaster of 1909. Interviews with various miners of the era, those who stood at the pit head waiting, father a rescue man etc. Conditions in pit, experience of first day, windy picks.
Documentary about the Durham mining and West Stanley pit disaster of 1909. Interviews with various miners of the era, those who stood at the pit head waiting, father a rescue man etc. Conditions in pit, experience of first day, windy picks.
Derek Hall
Appearance of the house in the 1930s and 40s. Appearance of the village of Quaking Houses, street layout and position of landmarks. Boy drowned in pit reservoir. Shifting ground and subsidence, caused crack in field. Two friends set fire to a hut. Local characters. Lock-ins at the pub. Attitude of the managers, thought they owned the village, could threaten the sack. Quoits - local champion, local matches. Father had to be called back from a quoits match for his christening. Streets. Daily life, sanding the front step. Boxing - boxer threatening a family. Football team, changed in houses as no...
Appearance of the house in the 1930s and 40s. Appearance of the village of Quaking Houses, street layout and position of landmarks. Boy drowned in pit reservoir. Shifting ground and subsidence, caused crack in field. Two friends set fire to a hut. Local characters. Lock-ins at the pub. Attitude of the managers, thought they owned the village, could threaten the sack. Quoits - local champion, local matches. Father had to be called back from a quoits match for his christening. Streets. Daily life, sanding the front step. Boxing - boxer threatening a family. Football team, changed in houses as no...
The Big Hewer
Mixes songs about mining with short extracts of interviews with miners about their work, from Northumberland, Durham, Wales and East Midlands.
Mixes songs about mining with short extracts of interviews with miners about their work, from Northumberland, Durham, Wales and East Midlands.
John Barleycorn
"John Barleycorn", written by Peter Wood from an idea by Vic Gammon, performed at Durham New College 14th May 1981. Peter Wood on vocal and concertina, Mike Douglas on melodeon and vocal, Alan Fitzsimmons on vocal, Benny Graham, vocal, and Jim Sharp vocal and guitar.
"John Barleycorn", written by Peter Wood from an idea by Vic Gammon, performed at Durham New College 14th May 1981. Peter Wood on vocal and concertina, Mike Douglas on melodeon and vocal, Alan Fitzsimmons on vocal, Benny Graham, vocal, and Jim Sharp vocal and guitar.
folk music
Local folk music with some commentary - Blaydon Races, Durham miners clog dance, Billy Boy etc
Local folk music with some commentary - Blaydon Races, Durham miners clog dance, Billy Boy etc
Cyril Walker
Childhood in Durham - kites, whip and top. Father jumped out the window to sign up without mother's knowledge. Got blinded in world war one. Brilliant memory. Sherburn hill, early memory of cutting self. On board navy ships - hammocks, sickness. India - bananas and thieves. On parade; not much leave; bombing raids on aerodrome. More on father - sports; memory for sporting info in the pub, walking, had a dog that helped him get around till was put down in mistaken identity. Smoking asd a child, seeing King Kong at the Palladium. More on parades and guard duty, soldier's jokes, rat killing, def...
Childhood in Durham - kites, whip and top. Father jumped out the window to sign up without mother's knowledge. Got blinded in world war one. Brilliant memory. Sherburn hill, early memory of cutting self. On board navy ships - hammocks, sickness. India - bananas and thieves. On parade; not much leave; bombing raids on aerodrome. More on father - sports; memory for sporting info in the pub, walking, had a dog that helped him get around till was put down in mistaken identity. Smoking asd a child, seeing King Kong at the Palladium. More on parades and guard duty, soldier's jokes, rat killing, def...
Iron Muse
The Iron muse: a panorama of industrial folk music: Topic Records 12T86. Comprises: Miner’s Dance Tunes - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Collier’s Rant - Bob Davenport - The Recruited Collier - Anne Briggs - Pit Boots - A.L. Lloyd - The Banks of the Dee - Louis Killen - The Donibristle Moss Moran Disaster - Matt McGinn - The Durham Lockout - Bob Davenport - The Blackleg Miners - Louis Killen - The Celebrated Working Man - A.L. Lloyd - The Row Between the Cages - Bob Davenport - The Collier’s Daughter - The Weaver’s March - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Weaver and the Factory...
The Iron muse: a panorama of industrial folk music: Topic Records 12T86. Comprises: Miner’s Dance Tunes - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Collier’s Rant - Bob Davenport - The Recruited Collier - Anne Briggs - Pit Boots - A.L. Lloyd - The Banks of the Dee - Louis Killen - The Donibristle Moss Moran Disaster - Matt McGinn - The Durham Lockout - Bob Davenport - The Blackleg Miners - Louis Killen - The Celebrated Working Man - A.L. Lloyd - The Row Between the Cages - Bob Davenport - The Collier’s Daughter - The Weaver’s March - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Weaver and the Factory...
commemorative brass concert
Commemoration: highlights of a commemorative concert held in Durham Cathedral Saturday April 17th 1982 featuring the Ever Ready Band and Hammonds Sauce Works Band. Grand March, The Lost Chord, North East Fantasy, Air from Suite 3 in D, Pomp and Circumstance, March Slav, Summertime, Ballet Music from William Tell, Deep Harmony, Hallelujah. Concert following death of policeman James Porter. Polyphonic PRL016
Commemoration: highlights of a commemorative concert held in Durham Cathedral Saturday April 17th 1982 featuring the Ever Ready Band and Hammonds Sauce Works Band. Grand March, The Lost Chord, North East Fantasy, Air from Suite 3 in D, Pomp and Circumstance, March Slav, Summertime, Ballet Music from William Tell, Deep Harmony, Hallelujah. Concert following death of policeman James Porter. Polyphonic PRL016
Collect Britain Durham extracts
Hard work of 1890s coal mining, cables; veterinary treatments for horses; the farming year and sheep shearing; shift system and dangers of pit and quarry; Roman artefacts excavated; reduction of a rural community in Weardale as shops went and unemployment increased; learning shepherding, grouse beating, the ram sale; grandfather a tyrant but could live off the land, left wing, other grandfather married a girl he had hired from the workhouse as a housekeeper, he was in France at start of Second World War before they had sent uniform out; music focal point of a teenager's life in the 1960s, saw...
Hard work of 1890s coal mining, cables; veterinary treatments for horses; the farming year and sheep shearing; shift system and dangers of pit and quarry; Roman artefacts excavated; reduction of a rural community in Weardale as shops went and unemployment increased; learning shepherding, grouse beating, the ram sale; grandfather a tyrant but could live off the land, left wing, other grandfather married a girl he had hired from the workhouse as a housekeeper, he was in France at start of Second World War before they had sent uniform out; music focal point of a teenager's life in the 1960s, saw...
Listen to the Soldier
Listen to the Soldier: extracts from the many interviews with members of the Durham Light Infantry during the second world war. 01 John Rodgers: DLI training depot, Brancepeth, 1940. 02 Charles Turnbull: new army uniform. 03 George Richardson: main meal during basic training. 04 John Douglas: searching for food on retreat to Dunkirk. 05 George Iceton: food and sand in North African desert. 06 William Ridley: parcels from home while in North Africa. 07 Peter Lewis: fighing at Primsole Bridge, Sicily 1943. 08 Ernest Galley: wounded in Battle of Kohima 1944. 09 William Jalland: uniform and equipm...
Listen to the Soldier: extracts from the many interviews with members of the Durham Light Infantry during the second world war. 01 John Rodgers: DLI training depot, Brancepeth, 1940. 02 Charles Turnbull: new army uniform. 03 George Richardson: main meal during basic training. 04 John Douglas: searching for food on retreat to Dunkirk. 05 George Iceton: food and sand in North African desert. 06 William Ridley: parcels from home while in North Africa. 07 Peter Lewis: fighing at Primsole Bridge, Sicily 1943. 08 Ernest Galley: wounded in Battle of Kohima 1944. 09 William Jalland: uniform and equipm...
Planning for Destruction
"Planning for destruction" Category D villages - ex-mining villages in Durham county designated for demolition in the 1950s to 1970s. All sides of argument, why it was done, how it felt to the residents. Still has relavance in modern housing policy, though seen as short sighted now. Includes interview with John Gall about how Eden Park came to be scheduled for demolition - on a coin toss! - and how Beamish started collecting houses.
"Planning for destruction" Category D villages - ex-mining villages in Durham county designated for demolition in the 1950s to 1970s. All sides of argument, why it was done, how it felt to the residents. Still has relavance in modern housing policy, though seen as short sighted now. Includes interview with John Gall about how Eden Park came to be scheduled for demolition - on a coin toss! - and how Beamish started collecting houses.
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