AUDIO SECTION
MP3 FILES FOR DOWNLOAD OR PLAYING ON LINE

Village archives comprise over 500MB of mp3 recordings (10 hours)
and these few short pieces are all we dare mount onto the website at present.

Playing direct from the internet, as offered here, may not be allowed by your system.

A story told by Fred Burbidge c. 1960 at a George Freeston interview.  3 mins, 2.8MB mp3.  A text transcription from very rough notes is available.

A story told by Whitty Whitlock c. 1963 recalling his school days for George Freeston.   3 mins, 2.7MB mp3.  A text transcription from very rough notes is available.

A slightly more ribald story told by Whitty Whitlock c. 1963 in a George Freeston interview.   5.5 mins, 5MB mp3.  A text transcription from very rough notes is available.

A story told by Whitty Whitlock c. 1963 about his past years as the lamplighter, a George Freeston interview.   4 mins, 3.7MB mp3.  Part of this story, involving the lamp near Crieff House, is in a text transcription.

Details of the Oddfellows, and their processions, discussed with a much more elderly Whitty Whitlock c. 1966 in a George Freeston interview.   2 mins, 1.7MB mp3.

A joke told by Whitty Whitlock in the Royal Oak Inn.  Whitty was far and away the most impressive village free-style raconteur - his accent has been characterised as typically rural Northants.  1 min, 0.9MB

George Freeston often gave a precursor to his interviews and this is one from June 26th, 1966.  That time was just before a substantial enlargement of the village.