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Total number of records: 17

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food17
dairy products17
nature16
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agriculture15
wealth11
buildings10
culture9

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)12
Wakelin, Martyn F4
Wright, John T3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Pointon, Mr W2
Stevenson, Bill2
Siporin, Rae Lee2
Gledhill, James2
Smith, Hollins2
Lobb, Francis James2

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Welwick, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Madge describes how to make butter, 'ken' [= churn] cream, warm overnight in front of fire, add cold water, ken again to remove buttermilk, place on board to add salt, weigh into pounds and w...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire

Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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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 ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Unidentified

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Mr. Woodhead, recorded in Clayton; talks about fitting a halter on a cow; bulls; cattle breeding and artificial insemination; Wibsey Horse Fair; local Tide (Feast/Fair); milk herd; daily milking routi...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Bill Stevenson, recorded in Carleton on the 1 February 1963; talks about his upbringing in Carleton; his father; pig keeping and killing for Christmas; diet; local school; Mischief Night and pranks de...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

James Gledhill, recorded in Golcar; talks about working in a woollen cloth textile mill - processes, differences between spinning/producing woollen and worsted materials; leisure time, including a des...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset and Devon

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Mr. H. Evett , recorded in Brompton Regis; talks about farm work; time started each day; working with horses; hours of work and wages; tools for hedging; also present is a Mr. A. Gibbs, who talks abou...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E

1957-1961

[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; discussion of left-...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Wright, John T

October 1958

[Announcement, ?by Tony Green]; Ernest Smythe, recorded in Parracombe; talks about working life on the railway (as office boy, timekeeper); gangs working on the line, and the difficulty of building it...

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