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Kinlet Response Book - 11Sa11
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Dec 1954 - 9 Dec 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...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kinlet, Shropshire
Jan 1955
[Side 1] William recalls 'thrashing' [= threshing] by hand, explains use of 'thrail' [= flail] and 'nile' [= striking part of flail], discusses harvesting by hand and comments younger generation no lo...
Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
[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 ...
Sound Recordings, Shropshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1955-1957
[Collector announcement]; George Davies, recorded in Weston Rhyn in January 1955; talks about his work as a coupler in a coal mine, coupling full waggons; the overseer, known as a doggy; describes con...
Book I: The Farm [Kinlet Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Dec 1954 - 9 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant William Horton recorded by fieldworker Donald Sykes in the International...
Notes [Kinlet Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Dec 1954 - 9 Dec 1954
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.
Book II: Farming [Kinlet Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Dec 1954 - 9 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Book III: Animals [Kinlet Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Dec 1954 - 9 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.
Book IV: Nature [Kinlet Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Dec 1954 - 9 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.