Survey of English Dialects recording in Whitchurch, Herefordshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Whitchurch, Herefordshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D190
Site Location(s): Place name - Whitchurch, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.8512, -2.65945 )
Date(s): 09 Dec 1955
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 18 sec.; [Side 2] 02 min. 50 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726569
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Whitchurch, Herefordshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Whitchurch, Herefordshire
Description
[Side 1] James talks about ploughing, explains use of 'scuffle' [= attachment used to turn over heavy soil] and harrow to remove rubbish and weeds for burning, describes how to trim and 'lay' hedge [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge], discusses building and thatching 'rick' [= stack of corn]. [Side 2] James reflects on his love of farm work, recalls getting up at 4am to feed horses, describes gear used for draught and trace horses, briefly discusses recent potato crop, describes regular visits of brother-in-law, comments no mains water supply to house.
Biography or history
James b. Whitchurch, aged 76, local school till aged 12, whole life in Whitchurch except during WW1; father b. Whitchurch; mother b. Whitchurch; wife b. Whitchurch.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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