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LAVC/SED/2/2/29/5
LAVC/SED/2/2/29/5
Dec 1958
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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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D249
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D249
Jul 1959
[Side 1] William talks about starting work aged 12, lists first jobs incl. trimming thatching straw and as 'stock-boy' [= farm worker helping to look after livestock], discusses first wages and long w...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D250
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D250
Jul 1959-Jun 1961
[Side 1] William talks about starting work aged 12, lists first jobs incl. trimming thatching straw and as 'stock-boy' [= farm worker helping to look after livestock], discusses first wages and long w...
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LAVC/SRE/A786r
LAVC/SRE/A786r
July 1959
William Sibley, recorded in Stisted; talks about his time as a bellringer; farm work as a boy, trimming thatch, stock boy; wages and working days; work with horses and steam plough; work on the farm a...
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LAVC/SED/2/2/29/5/10
LAVC/SED/2/2/29/5/10
Dec 1958
Notes section at the rear of the response book.
Includes biographical information about the informants.
Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality.