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Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/12/3

17 Aug 1954 - 21 Aug 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/D/2/D169

04 Jan 1955

[Side 1] Lewis tells anecdotes about local farmer who had reputation for trying to fleece customers, describes how he tried to convince publican to pay him twice for delivery and recalls when he charg...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/A729r

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/12/3/10

17 Aug 1954 - 21 Aug 1954

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes general conversation phonetic notes from a Mr Williams, who is not mentioned elsewhere and has no biography. Includes biographical inform...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/12/3/5

17 Aug 1954 - 21 Aug 1954

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

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/12/3/6

17 Aug 1954 - 21 Aug 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body. The answers of informant Lewis Warren recorded by fieldworker Peter Gibson in the Internati...

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/12/3/7

17 Aug 1954 - 21 Aug 1954

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

Archive Piece:
LAVC/SED/2/2/12/3/8

17 Aug 1954 - 21 Aug 1954

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