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Denton Response Book - 35K5
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
9 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1959
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...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Denton, Kent
Jan 1959
[Side 1] William talks about regular work maintaining and repairing lawnmowers for e.g. local golf courses, recalls Mr Arter's frequent inspections to ensure mower blades were sharp, describes occasio...
Sound Recordings, Kent
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1958-1959
[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...
Sound Recordings, East Sussex, Somerset, [Devon] and Kent
[1950s]
Compilation of extracts copied from Survey of English Dialects field recordings made in the south of England. The first extract is from an interview with Harry Burghess [Burgess], made by Michael B...
Book I: The Farm [Denton Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
9 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Mr W. Bushell and Mr J. Atkins recorded by fieldworker Michael Barry in ...
Notes [Denton Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
9 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1959
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.
Book VI: The Human Body [Denton Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
9 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.
Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Denton Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
9 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.