Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Chesterford, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Belchamp Walter, Essex
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Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Chesterford, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Belchamp Walter, Essex
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D247
Site Location(s): Place name - Great Chesterford, Uttlesford, Essex, England, United Kingdom( 52.0643, 0.1972 )
Date(s): May-Jun 1958
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 03 sec.; [Side 2] 05 min. 04 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726626
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Chesterford, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Belchamp Walter, Essex
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Chesterford, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Belchamp Walter, Essex
Description
[Side 1] George recalls mowing by hand and reflects on gradual mechanisation of harvesting incl. reaping machine, self-tier and combine harvester, explains how to make 'withe' [= pliable band/tie made from twisted wheat straw] for binding sheaves, compares different drying times for wheat and oats, recalls witnessing haystack fires in past and describes attempts to save crop, briefly discusses local stack shapes incl. square, gable and round, mentions father used to race horses at Chesterford Park, recalls local hunts incl. Puckeridge, Thurlow and Cambridgeshire. [Side 2] Frank tells series of anecdotes about farmer who regularly supplied beer or bought him drinks in pub, comments landlord of pub often helped at harvest and supplied beer, recalls farmer insisting on buying him beer after dipping nearly 800 sheep.
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George b. Great Chesterford, aged 80, local school till aged 10, whole life in Great Chesterford; father b. Essex; mother b. Shropshire; wife b. Great Chesterford. Frank b. Belchamp Walter, aged 79, local school till aged 11, whole life in Belchamp Walter except 4 years with during WW1; father b. Belchamp Walter, farm worker; mother b. Belchamp Walter.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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