Sound Recordings, Lancashire and North Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Lancashire and North Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A720r
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom( 53.6424, -2.72162 ); Subject - Harwood, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom( 53.5833, -2.38333 ); Subject - Melsonby, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.4725, -1.69481 ); Subject - Stokesley, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.47, -1.19331 )
Date(s): [1960-1980]
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 36' 34".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414771
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La11-12 and North Yorkshire locations 6Y1-2. The original recordings were made between November 1952 and April 1955. The date when this copy tape was made is not known.
[Collector announcement]; Tom Halton, retired mill hand and miner, recorded in Eccleston; talks about pits and mining; the mechanisation of coal extraction; maintenance of pit props; his grandfather; Preston Guild. [Tr. 10]
[Collector announcement]; Polly Morris, recorded in her home in Harwood, relates an incident concerning the Sexton of Harwood church digging a grave; and anecdotes about a ghost sighting, and a woman and an umbrella. [Tr. 11]
[Collector announcement]; Jack Benson, retired quarryman and farmer, recorded in his home in Melsonby; relates an anecdote concerning a visit to a local pub, viewing two ?turnips and later winning a sweep by correctly guessing their length. [Tr. 12]
[Collector announcement]; Charles Armstrong, a retired farmer, recorded at home in Stokesley; talks about his work as a farmer; describes making a corn stack; compares farming past and present; the use and care of horses; working hours; milking cows by hand; the milk round; calving cows. [Tr. 13]
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Copy tape.
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