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Pearson, James Frank3
Berntsen, Howard N2
Allston, Reginald O.1
Dyer, Stacey George1
Belchamp Walter Response Book - 29Ess2
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Belchamp Walter Response Book - 29Ess2

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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 Great Chesterford, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Belchamp Walter, Essex

May-Jun 1958

[Side 1] George recalls mowing by hand and reflects on gradual mechanisation of harvesting incl. reaping machine, self-tier and combine harvester, explains how to make 'withe' [= pliable band/tie made...

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Sound Recordings, Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1961

Mr. R. O. Allston, recorded in West Bergholt; talks about the growth of the village; serving with the Essex Regiment (and also the Hampshire Regiment) during World War One; his father's work in a loca...

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