Survey of English Dialects recording in Codicote, Hertfordshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Codicote, Hertfordshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D245
Site Location(s): Place name - Codicote, North Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.8505, -0.2367 )
Date(s): Mar 1958
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 57 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 43 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726624
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Codicote, Hertfordshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Codicote, Hertfordshire
Description
[Side 1] Amos describes shock of grandmother's pockets being emptied after she died suddenly in Red Lion, describes transport in past, incl. three-wheeled bicycle and penny farthing, recalls lodger having accident on penny farthing, discusses perils of travelling by horse and cart in snow and ice, talks about severe winters in past. [Side 2] Amos describes occasion when he was very nearly seriously injured when repairing well, describes how horse-pumps from wells were used to supply barns with water during harvest, explains how to dig well and lists local pumps, reflects on introduction of mains water and compares fresh well water with local water supply purified using lime.
Biography or history
Amos b. Codicote, aged 74, local school till aged 12, whole life in Codicote; father b. Codicote; mother b. Codicote; wife b. Codicote.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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