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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 Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
20 Jul 1939
[Side 1] John Johnson, John Young and Jimmy talk about cuckoos, discuss nesting habits, describe hatching of young ones, recall recent visit to cuckoo's nest and seeing petrels nesting on ledges in ol...
Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
05 Apr 1939
[Side 1] John Johnson talks about father farming at Black Heddon before being sacked for stopping squire crossing his land and moving to Shotley Bridge, father died when John was seven and John return...
Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
05 Apr 1939
[Side 1] Conversation about local character, Jimmy the Child, anecdote about Jimmy catching rats in 'midden' [= ash-pit/dung heap] and showing them off in pub in exchange for beer, anecdote about late...