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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)15
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Lenihan, J M A4
Jack3
Riddell, William3
Henderson, Joseph2
Henderson, Henry2
Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Jimmy2
Storey, James2

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Dialect recording in Ovingham, Northumberland

Hornsby, G

24 Nov 1938

[Side 1] Edward recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Ovingham dialect. [Side 2] Edward recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Ovingham dialect and supplie...

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Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

23 Feb 1939

[Side 1] Mr and Mrs. Brown discuss holidays; George Brown and Mrs. Roe talk about recent day trips. [Side 2] rs. Brown, Mr Brown, George, Mrs. Roe, Hunter, Mrs. Cooper and Maggie demonstrate pronuncia...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

10 April 1980

May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

18 Sep 1952

[Side 1] Fred tells series of anecdotes about local characters, Cissie and Fred discuss differences between dialects locally, Fred briefly mentions disputes between rival supporters from Holy Island o...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Gosforth, Cumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

26 Aug 1954

[Side 1] Ernest talks about traditional farm practice, explains different types of waggon, discusses stacks, sheep dipping and ploughing. [Side 2] Ernest recalls visit to local shoemaker and explains ...

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Dialect recording in Ireby, Cumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

05 Jun- 06 Jun 1954

[Side 1] Joe describes recent visit to Kirkby Stephen Show, talks about own flock of Swaledales, discusses grazing rights on fells, briefly describes sheep farming locally and recalls hired labour in ...

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Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester

Waller, Vivien M

1961-1962

Schoolgirls and boys from Greater Manchester give examples of skipping rhymes, song parodies, dipping rhymes, explanations of chasing/ring games (also card games), Pancake Tuesday rhyme and autograph ...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

05 Jun 1939

[Side 1] John supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; William recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100. [Side 2] John and James discuss village cricket club, compare past players no...

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

27 Jun 1939

[Side 1] Conversation between Joseph, Henry and Jack (mainly inaudible). [Side 2] Edward and John describe working conditions at Acomb Colliery, discuss coal face, fore-shift and back-shift, water in ...

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Joseph and Henry remember taking goods train home from Bellingham with Scotsman and not understanding a word; anecdotes about leisure time in past. [Side 2] Joseph and Albert recite old sayin...

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Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

16 Mar 1939

[Side 1] John recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; description of haymaking, incl. discussion of 'coil' [= haycock] and 'bogey' [= ha...

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Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

16 Mar 1939

[Side 1] Jane recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Jane recalls a salmon poaching trip at night, describes annual Thropton v...

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