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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D02
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D02
24 Nov 1938
[Side 1] Edward recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Ovingham dialect. [Side 2] Edward recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Ovingham dialect and supplie...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D05
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D05
23 Feb 1939
[Side 1] Mr and Mrs. Brown discuss holidays; George Brown and Mrs. Roe talk about recent day trips. [Side 2] rs. Brown, Mr Brown, George, Mrs. Roe, Hunter, Mrs. Cooper and Maggie demonstrate pronuncia...
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LAVC/SRE/A063
LAVC/SRE/A063
10 April 1980
May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D084
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D084
18 Sep 1952
[Side 1] Fred tells series of anecdotes about local characters, Cissie and Fred discuss differences between dialects locally, Fred briefly mentions disputes between rival supporters from Holy Island o...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D092
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D092
26 Aug 1954
[Side 1] Ernest talks about traditional farm practice, explains different types of waggon, discusses stacks, sheep dipping and ploughing. [Side 2] Ernest recalls visit to local shoemaker and explains ...
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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D093
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D093
05 Jun- 06 Jun 1954
[Side 1] Joe describes recent visit to Kirkby Stephen Show, talks about own flock of Swaledales, discusses grazing rights on fells, briefly describes sheep farming locally and recalls hired labour in ...
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LAVC/SRE/A094r
LAVC/SRE/A094r
1961-1962
Schoolgirls and boys from Greater Manchester give examples of skipping rhymes, song parodies, dipping rhymes, explanations of chasing/ring games (also card games), Pancake Tuesday rhyme and autograph ...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D11
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D11
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] John supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; William recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100. [Side 2] John and James discuss village cricket club, compare past players no...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D24
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D24
27 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Conversation between Joseph, Henry and Jack (mainly inaudible). [Side 2] Edward and John describe working conditions at Acomb Colliery, discuss coal face, fore-shift and back-shift, water in ...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D27
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D27
11 Jul 1939
[Side 1] Joseph and Henry remember taking goods train home from Bellingham with Scotsman and not understanding a word; anecdotes about leisure time in past. [Side 2] Joseph and Albert recite old sayin...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D41
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D41
16 Mar 1939
[Side 1] John recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; description of haymaking, incl. discussion of 'coil' [= haycock] and 'bogey' [= ha...
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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D42
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D42
16 Mar 1939
[Side 1] Jane recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Jane recalls a salmon poaching trip at night, describes annual Thropton v...