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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...
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...
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...