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food1
fishing1
nature1
occupations1
quarries and quarrying1
persons1
english language - dialects1
dwellings1
animals1
agriculture1

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Lancashire2
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Top 10: People and organisations

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Swarbrick, Robert8
Wright, William6
Wright, Peter3
Salthouse, Richard2
Moore, Robert2
Wade, Jim1
Turnbull, William1
William1
Wright, Mr Peter 'Pluck' /'Fluck'1
Atkinson, Tom (1880-1880)1
Fleetwood Response Book - 5La5
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Fleetwood Response Book - 5La5

Wright, Peter

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...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire

Jun 1951

[Side 1] Bob and William in conversation about life on a Fleetwood fishing 'smack' [= single-masted light sailing vessel], comparison of sails now and in past, description of crew and daily watches. ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire

10 Jun 1951

[Side 1] Bob tells several anecdotes about getting drunk as young man, incl. singing 'Hail smiling morn' on Isle of Man at Christmas aged 17, being thrown out of pub on Ramsey harbour after brawl, los...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire

10 Jun 1951

[Side 1] Bob and William in conversation about different fish caught, incl. ray, cod, fluke and gurnard, discuss price of various fish, explain 'stocker' [= sum of money shared among crew], recall mak...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire

10 Feb 1951

[Side 1] Dramatisation of trip to fishing grounds aboard 'Oyster Girl'. [Side 2] Dramatisation of trip to fishing grounds aboard 'Oyster Girl'. Continued at 1LL0015009 S1.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Marshside, Lancashire

10 Feb 1951

[Side 1] Dramatisation of trip to fishing grounds aboard 'Oyster Girl'. [Side 2] Examples of parasitic nasal on word 'leg' recorded for analysis. Continued from 1LL0015008 S2.

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La1-5 and 5La8-10. The original Stanley Ellis recordings were made March to June 1954, and Peter Wrig...

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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Fleetwood Response Book]
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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Fleetwood Response Book]

Wright, Peter

1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations. The answers of informant William Wright recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright...

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