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Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D177 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D177

Site Location(s): Place name - Hathern, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom( 52.7955, -1.25644 )

Date(s): Apr 1957

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 05 sec.; [Side 2] 05 min. 02 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726556

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire

2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire

Description

[Side 1] Mr Hunt reflects on his working life, recalls starting work aged 10 years, describes hours and wages at Hathern brickworks and later at sock mill, remembers 'kill' [= kiln] closing during World War 1 and mentions Zeppelin raids, describes last day at work and being given 30 'bob' [= shilling] and free socks for life. [Side 2] Mr Hunt describes two incidents when he feared for his life, recalls crossing railway line and not hearing express train, describes near accident while repairing elevator belt at mill, reflects on lifetime's earnings and pride in now owning several properties locally.

Biography or history

Mr Hunt b. Hathern, aged 82, local school till aged 10, whole life in Hathern; father b. Hathern; mother b. Kegworth; 3rd wife b. Sutton Bonnington.

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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium

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