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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Joyce, Andrew3
Turnbull, Jimmy2
Young, John2
Joyce, Leslie2
Joyce, Horace1
Johnson, John (1884-)1
Johnson, Willie1

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

18 Jul 1938

[Side 1] Willie and Leslie recall cooking 'poddish' [= porridge], memories of route march day after drinking too much beer, distaste for potted meat. [Side 2] Andrew and Willie discuss plans for Belfo...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

18 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Jimmy and John discuss plans for Whit Monday outing, picnic of beer and sandwiches at 'Cuddy's Cove' [= St Cuthbert's Cave], express hopes of sighting black-headed gulls. [Side 2] Andrew, Les...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

20 Jul 1939

[Side 1] John Johnson, John Young and Jimmy talk about cuckoos, discuss nesting habits, describe hatching of young ones, recall recent visit to cuckoo's nest and seeing petrels nesting on ledges in ol...

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