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Total number of records: 4

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Subject	Count
manners and customs	3
mines and mineral resources	3
culture	3
religious aspects	2
occupations	2
community life	2
textile industry	2
wealth	1
nature	1
persons	1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Dyson, Wilsey	4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)	3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)	1

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D130

Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

04 Feb 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey provides responses to survey questionnaire Book IV NATURE, Book IV.1 (WATER, GROUND) incl. demonstration of local pronunciation of e.g. 'dike' [= stream], 'brig' [= 'bridge'], 'flooded...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D131

Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

25 Oct 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey tells anecdote about seeing apparition that turned out to be woman in nightdress looking for lost cat, recalls working in coal mine from age of twelve, describes long hours, harsh work...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D132

Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

07 Nov 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey talks about religion in past, recalls going to Denby Dale Primitive Methodist Chapel to 'take pledge' [= to conform to rules of temperance movement], describes passionate singing and p...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D133

Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Feb 1953

[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...