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Diddlebury Response Book - 11Sa10
Sykes, Donald Richard
30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 1954
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 Diddlebury, Shropshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Montford, Shropshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard
Jan 1955
[Side 1] Harry describes how to 'pleach' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge] hedge, discusses farm buildings, incl. 'wain-house' [= cart-shed], describes layout of cow-shed, incl...
Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
[1966-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...
Sound Recordings, Shropshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1955-1957
[Collector announcement]; George Davies, recorded in Weston Rhyn in January 1955; talks about his work as a coupler in a coal mine, coupling full waggons; the overseer, known as a doggy; describes con...
Book III: Animals [Diddlebury Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.
Book IV: Nature [Diddlebury Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.
Book VI: The Human Body [Diddlebury Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.
Book VIII: Social Activities [Diddlebury Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 1954
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.
Notes [Diddlebury Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 1954
Notes section at the rear of the response book.