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Total number of records: 4

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folk music2
play2
english language - dialects2
folk dancing2
community life2
culture2
well-being1
oral traditions1
occupations1
social life and customs1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Mews, Albert4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Uncle Hen3
Lenihan, J M A3
Henderson, Joseph3
Henderson, Henry3
Boss3
Ridley, Jack1
Brown, Ned (1871-)1
Brown, Neil1

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Joseph and Henry remember taking goods train home from Bellingham with Scotsman and not understanding a word; anecdotes about leisure time in past. [Side 2] Joseph and Albert recite old sayin...

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Joseph, Neil and Albert talk about smoking, different attitudes to smoking, price of baccy [= 'tobacco'], anecdotes about pipe smoking. [Side 2] Joseph, Neil and Albert discuss horses, hens, ...

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] [Inaudible]. [Side 2] Henry and Jack remember Otterburn picnics of the past, walking from West Woodburn to Otterburn, getting a lift on wood wagon, staying in Brigg and Coldtown, picnic sport...

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Sound Recordings, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Copy of disc recordings of three speakers from Acomb, made in the late 1930s as part of the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects conducted by Harold Orton during his time at Armstrong College, Newcastle-up...

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