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Stisted Response Book - 29Ess5
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Dec 1958
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
Jul 1959
[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...
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 and Suffolk
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
July 1959
William Sibley, recorded in Stisted; talks about his time as a bellringer; farm work as a boy, trimming thatch, stock boy; wages and working days; work with horses and steam plough; work on the farm a...
Notes [Stisted Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Dec 1958
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality.