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handicraft1
food industry and trade1
hunting1
implements, utensils etc1
vehicles1
occupations1
nature1
food crops1
community life1
architecture1

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West Bergholt11
Essex11
England11

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Allston, Reginald O.13
Berntsen, Howard N12
Sibley, William1
Pearson, James Frank1
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West Bergholt Response Book - 29Ess6
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West Bergholt Response Book - 29Ess6

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

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 Stisted, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in West Bergholt, Essex

Jul 1959-Jun 1961

[Side 1] William talks about starting work aged 12, lists first jobs incl. trimming thatching straw and as 'stock-boy' [= farm worker helping to look after livestock], discusses first wages and long w...

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Sound Recordings, Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1961

Mr. R. O. Allston, recorded in West Bergholt; talks about the growth of the village; serving with the Essex Regiment (and also the Hampshire Regiment) during World War One; his father's work in a loca...

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West Bergholt Response Book - 29Ess6
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Book I: The Farm [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Reginald O. Allston recorded by fieldworker Howard Berntsen in the Inter...

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Notes [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Book II: Farming [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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Book III: Animals [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

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Book IV: Nature [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Book VI: The Human Body [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VIII: Social Activities [West Bergholt Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

22 Nov 1960 - 10 Dec 1960

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.

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