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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
21 Jul 1938
[Side 1] John and Dod reflect on changes at Post Office since starting work in 1904; anecdote about collecting Bamburgh Post, dark and 'teeming' [= raining heavily], lost oil lamp and cycled into 'muc...
Dialect recording in Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
24 Mar 1939
[Side 1] Dod supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words and recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100. [Side 2] Mrs. Robinson recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Whiteshill, Gloucestershire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Weobley, Herefordshire
08-12 Dec 1955
[Side 1] Bill discusses living conditions in past incl. walking miles to look for walk in days before labour exchange, explains people produced own vegetables to supplement food, recalls cooking using...