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Record Id:6929076 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Hughes, Mick.
Title:Mick Hughes tells stories [sound recording].
Published:1966 May.
Description:1 tape reel (ca. 43 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track mono ; 7 in.
Playing Time:004300
Series:Norm O'Connor folklore collection
Summary:Folkloric recording.
Contents:Conversation: recollections of his youth in Northhampton England. Children's chant: Vote, vote, vote. Story about woman who had 20 children. Children's song: Parody of We'll break the news to mother; Mixing pancakes in a concrete mixer. Stories: women who do laying out bodies; story about Mick's father-inlaw - a coal miner in Wales. Conversation: childhood jobs; parties with family in England; comparisions of life in England and Australia. Singing: When I was a young man; The prickli bush.
Notes:Recorded by : Norm O'Connor.
A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Preservation, working duplicate and cassette copies made.
Recording begins 20 minutes into reel, side 1.
Transcript unavailable.
Part of:Norm O'Connor folklore collection (AuCNL)594624
Subjects:Hughes, Mick. -- Interviews.
Folklore -- Australia.
Tall tales -- Australia.
Other Authors:O'Connor, Norman.
Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Access Conditions:Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (240698) ORAL TRC 2539/27

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