Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire
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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