FTX-413 - A TASTE OF TONGUE PIE

MABEL GOODWIN Devon Recitations

Three of the "Jan Stewer" tales by A.J.Coles, originally printed in The Illustrated Western Weekly News in 1908 and later reprinted by The Western Morning News in Plymouth. Mabel Goodwin, originally from Plymouth, is a regular reciter at local meetings of the Women's Institute in and around her village of Harberton, near Totnes.

1. HOW GEORGE WRAYFORD WAS BESTED (title announced before) - 7'07"

2. HARRY BURNETT'S COURTSHIP (introduced beforehand) - 5'03"

3. THE SELLER SOLD - 14'45"

Recorded Harberton, Devon 1979. Edited by Peter Kennedy & first published on Folktrax cassettes 1980.

MABEL GOODWIN was born at Stonehouse, Plymouth in 1920. Her parents and her grandparents also lived in Plymouth. In 1951, she and her husband moved to Diptford and then to Harberton, near Totnes. Mrs Goodwin has two boys and four grandchildren, and has served on the local Parish Council. In addition to her interest in local dialect, she is also a keen cook, soft toy-maker and specialises in flower arranging. It is at the meetings of her local Women's Institute that she is asked to perform Devonshire recitations.

4 ALBUMS OF DEVON DIALECT ON FOLKTRAX CASSETTES:-

Selected by Peter Kennedy from hundreds of tapes recorded by members of The Devon Federation of the W.I. with the object of preserving good examples of everyday speech in Devon in the fifties:-

FTX-401 'AIVE DOWN YOUR PRONG - The Ups & Downs of Farming

FTX-402 MORTAL UNLUCKY OLD CHAP - Social comment on country life

FTX-403 DID EE EVER YUR TELL - Stories, recitations & tall-tales

FTX-404 FRAWZIES AND SCRUMPY - Traditional repast & refreshment