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Survey of English Dialects recording in Warmington, Northamptonshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D199 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Warmington, Northamptonshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D199

Site Location(s): Place name - Warmington, East Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.5068, -0.41083 )

Date(s): 01 Mar 1957

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 46 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 09 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726578

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Warmington, Northamptonshire

2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Warmington, Northamptonshire

Description

[Side 1] Billy discusses long working hours on farm in past, talks about working with horses, recalls blacksmith's visits, reflects on decline in use of horses locally, describes barn, stable, granary and cowshed, lists local farm workers in past, compares feeding 'beast' [= cattle] now and in past. [Side 2] Billy recalls impressive size of cattle and bacon pigs in past, compares working conditions and life as farm worker now and in past. Note: Recording date 1957-03 noted by ear, 1957-03-01 written on lacquer disc label.

Biography or history

Billy b. Warmington, aged 73, local school till aged 13, whole life in Warmington; father b. Warmington, farm worker; mother b. Warmington; 1st wife b. Warmington; 2nd wife b. Scotland.

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

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