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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...
Dialect recording in Ovingham, Northumberland
Hornsby, G
24 Nov 1938
[Side 1] Reg recites anecdote of Billy, a regular drinker, and his wife, Mary, hauling him out of bar and sending him home, describes how one Saturday night Billy nearly choked to death on fried tripe...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Feb 1953
Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...
Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Lenihan, J M A; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
06 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Discussion about bees, memories of father's traditional brewing methods, use of yeast and barley in local brewing and baking. [Side 2] Discussion about gardening in recent dry weather, comple...
Dialect recording in Morebattle, Roxburghshire
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
23 Aug 1939
[Side 1] Mr Currie tells an anecdote about a minister seeking selection for the local kirk, general discussion of local flower show, leeks, barley soups, scabious. [Side 2] Mr Currie recites the story...
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...