Survey of English Dialects recording in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D216
Site Location(s): Place name - Pulham St. Mary, South Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.4167, 1.23333 )
Date(s): 10 Feb 1957
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 12 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 51 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726595
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk
Description
[Side 1] Townson explains difference between ploughing match and drawing match, ploughing match requires competitors to plough whole 'stetch' [= area of land ploughed in both directions] using own horses, drawing match requires competitors to plough single furrow as straight as possible between marker posts set at ether end of field using horses drawn by lots, talks briefly about traditional method of malting. [Side 2] Albert explains own nickname 'Rickety' dates back to first job as bricklayer's boy, describes occasion he was whitewashing ceiling of schoolroom and colleague called him 'Rickety' due to squeaky stepladders, tells anecdote about local character in past.
Biography or history
Townson b. Pulham St Mary, aged 65, local school till aged 13, whole life in Pulham St Mary except during WW1; father b. Pulham St Mary, farm worker; mother b. Kent; wife b. Mettingham; grandfather b. Pulham St Mary. 'Albert b. Aslacton, aged 80, local schools till aged 11, lived in Pulham St Mary since aged 8; father b. Aslacton, warrener & vermin-killer; mother b. Aslacton; wife b. Aslacton.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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