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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D099

12 Nov 1954

[Side 1] Jack talks about changes in working conditions on farm and inflation in stock prices and wages, remembers eating 'haver poddish' and 'blue milk' [= oatmeal porridge and skimmed milk], thinks ...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D104

Mar 1954

[Side 1] Bill recalls generosity and popularity of local character and ex-skipper Harry Gavin, tells anecdote about misunderstanding instructions to heave 'ho' or 'how', Bill talks about keeping and s...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D138

Nov 1958

[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...

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LAVC/SRE/A724r

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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LAVC/SRE/A728r

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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LAVC/SRE/A817r

April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Rippen, recorded in Chawleigh; talks about his age; his homes; working with his father, tying corn, at the age of eight; horse-drawn reaping machine; recollections of ...

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LAVC/SRE/A820r

1 April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Ernest Warren, recorded [outside] in Ponsworthy; talks about the recent snowfall; farming (crops, cream/buttermaking); his first job milling flour and driving a horse and car...