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Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D104

Mar 1954

[Side 1] Bill recalls generosity and popularity of local character and ex-skipper Harry Gavin, tells anecdote about misunderstanding instructions to heave 'ho' or 'how', Bill talks about keeping and s...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/5/8

11 Mar 1954 - 17 Mar 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...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/A719r

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La1-5 and 5La8-10. The original Stanley Ellis recordings were made March to June 1954, and Peter Wrig...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/5/8/10

11 Mar 1954 - 17 Mar 1954

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. ...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/5/8/7

11 Mar 1954 - 17 Mar 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.