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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
04 Feb 1952
[Side 1] Wilsey provides responses to survey questionnaire Book IV NATURE, Book IV.1 (WATER, GROUND) incl. demonstration of local pronunciation of e.g. 'dike' [= stream], 'brig' [= 'bridge'], 'flooded...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
07 Nov 1952
[Side 1] Wilsey talks about religion in past, recalls going to Denby Dale Primitive Methodist Chapel to 'take pledge' [= to conform to rules of temperance movement], describes passionate singing and p...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Feb 1953
[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire
Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...