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Oral History
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- Guide to recording memories
This is a guide to recording oral history interviews developed by the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
The following links will take you to sound clips from an interview with Mr Brownlow conducted by the Leicester Oral History Archive in 1986. Mr Brownlow talks about being a musician and playing at the cinema for the silent films.
- Music
German bands in Melton and a brief memory of Sir Malcolm Sergent
- Theatre
The Palace cinema was also a theatre
- Cinema (1)
Going to the flea pit with your monkey nuts
- Cinema (2)
Old film was prone to bursting into flames!
- Cinema (3)
The Palace was replaced by the Picture House
- Cinema (4)
The arrival of the talking pictures put musicians out of work
The full interview these clips were taken from is available to listen to at the Records Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. Quote reference number 945, LO/300/251.
You can find all the audio clips on the Leicestershire Villages website by clicking in the drop down box in the 'Search' section at the top right of this page. Choose 'Multimedia' and press Search. This takes you to the Multimedia Browser where you should search 'All Villages' for 'Audio'
Last Updated Mon, 30 Jan, 2006.