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entertainment events25
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food17
buildings13
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)17
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Upton, Clive S2
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)2
Fisher, Mr2
Gledhill, James2
Smith, Hollins2
Stevenson, Bill2
Wright, John T2

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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...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Soulby, Westmorland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Nov 1954

[Side 1] Jack talks about changes in working conditions on farm and inflation in stock prices and wages, remembers eating 'haver poddish' and 'blue milk' [= oatmeal porridge and skimmed milk], thinks ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Dolphinholme, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

24 May 1954

[Side 1] Bill describes baking oatcakes over open fire with 'spittle' [= wooden baking shovel] and 'cratch' [= drying rack], talks about owners of Wyreside Hall and working with horses, recalls runawa...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Egton, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

16 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Arthur remembers grandfather mowing by hand with 'lea' [= scythe] 3 acres a day for 10 shillings, describes own mixed farm, comments now specialises in pedigree beef cattle, talks about cattl...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Nafferton, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Cyril talks about local choir, recalls ploughing and showing horses all round country, explains traditional ploughing technique and terms incl. 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end o...

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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...

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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, Cheshire and Derbyshire

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

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Cheshire locations 7Ch3-6 and Derbyshire 8Db1-2. The original recordings were made in 1955, 1957, 1965 and 1966. The date wh...

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Sound Recordings, Salop

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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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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