Survey of English Dialects recording in Hockley Heath, Warwickshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Hockley Heath, Warwickshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D198
Site Location(s): Place name - Hockley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom( 52.3529, -1.77816 )
Date(s): 13 Jun 1951
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 28 sec.; [Side 2] 02 min. 46 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726577
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Hockley Heath, Warwickshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Hockley Heath, Warwickshire
Description
[Side 1] William recalls ploughing with horses as young boy, describes working in brickyard aged 13, discusses working conditions and wages, talks about growing own herbs for medicinal use, tells anecdote of American who bought rafter from half-timbered house to ship back to USA. [Side 2] William talks about demand for Forest of Arden oak beams in USA, briefly compares music and entertainment now and in past, comments not keen on modern music on 'wireless' [= radio], recalls local 'wakes' and 'mop' [= annual village festival].
Biography or history
William b. Hockley Heath, aged 79, local school till aged 11, whole life in Hockley Heath; wife b. Hockley Heath.
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Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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