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Hoar Cross Response Book - 12St6
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Hoar Cross Response Book - 12St6

Gibson, Dr Peter H

5 Aug 1954 - 9 Aug 1954

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 Hoar Cross, Staffordshire

06 Jan 1955

[Side 1] Jim recalls first wages were 'bob' [= shilling] a day, remembers buying Ogden's Tabs [= cigarette brand], talks about various jobs incl. starting work on Rangemoor estate aged 18. [Side 2] J...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made ...

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