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Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 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...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D277

Sep 1959

[Side 1] Alf explains how to build and thatch corn stack incl. use of 'staddle' [= raised platform on which stack is built to deter vermin] and importance of 'barge-course' [= portion of thatch on sta...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/A790r

1959

[Collector announcement]; Charles Allen, recorded in West Ilsley; talks about ploughing with horses; ploughing with tractors; compares past and present; describes a working day on the farm; the villag...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/1

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Alfred Norman recorded by fieldworker Michael Barry in the International...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/10

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality. ...

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LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/2

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/3

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

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LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/4

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.

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LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/6

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/34/2/9

8 Sep 1959 - 2 Oct 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.