Verbena Daphne Brighton in Gissing Village, Norfolk - between July, the 1920's and September, the 1920's

from Nuts in May: memories of care-free days, pages 66-67, 70-71:

And then the harvest holidays—only six five four three two one more day, and then we break up […] [The last day] was an uncontrollable day when we couldn’t settle and so we sang harvest songs and did quite a lot of country dancing, the day ending with a scramble for sweets which were supplied by the shop-keeper. 

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cite as

Verbena Daphne Brighton, Nuts in May: memories of care-free days. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:104, p. 66-67, 70-71. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1531752724600 accessed: 4 December, 2024

location of experience: Gissing Village, Norfolk

Listeners

Listening to

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improvised singing
written by children
performed by Children
Harvest songs performed by Children

Experience Information

Date/Time between July, the 1920's and September, the 1920's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:52:05 +0100
Approved on Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:51:52 +0100