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Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Bentley, Essex
Oct 1959
[Side 1] Mr Dunton describes condition of roads in village in past, tells series of anecdotes about childhood pranks and practical jokes incl. regularly unharnessing donkey from cart outside village p...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Bentley, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in East Mersea, Essex
Jun-Oct 1959
[Side 1] Mr Dunton recalls starting work aged 14 as 'stock-boy' [= farm worker helping to look after livestock] at Fordham Hall, describes long hours and gradual increase in wages to £7 before retiri...