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Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

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/D115

01 Nov 1952

[Side 1] Jack tells amusing anecdote about winning sweepstake to guess size of two prize turnips: wet Friday afternoon at quarry so headed 'hame' [= home], changed into night 'claes' [= clothes] and s...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/A720r

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La11-12 and North Yorkshire locations 6Y1-2. The original recordings were made between November 1952 ...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1/1

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Jack Benson recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International P...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1/2

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

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

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1/3

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

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

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1/5

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

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

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1/7

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather. The answers of informant Jack Benson and George Shaw recorded by fieldworke...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/1/9

28 Oct 1952 - 1 Nov 1952

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