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nature3
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occupations3
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wealth3
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Jim7
Shipway, James5
Wright, John T3
Kylstra, Henk E3
Steeds, Mr James2
Blake, Fred2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Blake, Mrs1
Watts, Herbert John1
Coleford Response Book - 31So4
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Coleford Response Book - 31So4

Wright, John T

14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Avebury Response Book - 32W3
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Avebury Response Book - 32W3

Wright, John T

14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Coleford, Somerset

Jul 1956

[Side 1] Jim recalls General Strike of 1926, describes serious accident on returning to work and severe injuries that forced him to retire when roof of mine collapsed, discusses typical wages in mine ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Avebury, Wiltshire

Jun 1956

[Side 1] Jim talks about ploughing with oxen before introduction of tractors, describes traditional 'buckshutter' plough, discusses manual farm labour incl. reaping/hoeing/harvesting/haymaking by hand...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960]

Compilation of fieldwork recordings [extracts], made in Avebury and possibly copies of original recordings made for the Survey of English Dialects. Male informant talks about harvest time and the us...

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Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959-1960

[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

James Shipway, recorded in Avebury; talks about thatching; the loss of tradespeople in the village; reference to the renovation of a barn in the village [by the National Trust, now the Great Barn]; tr...

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