Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Baddow, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Doddinghurst, Essex
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Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Baddow, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Doddinghurst, Essex
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D255
Site Location(s): Place name - Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom( 51.7375, 0.57623 )
Date(s): Sep 1959-Aug 1961
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 40 sec.; [Side 2] 05 min. 07 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726634
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Baddow, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Doddinghurst, Essex
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Baddow, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Doddinghurst, Essex
Description
[Side 1] Harry talks about work on farm as 'house boy' [= young domestic servant] from aged 13, describes typical working day incl. working at weekends, talks about building stack incl. use of 'policeman' [= stake placed against stack to maintain stability], recalls occasionally helping beaters during pheasant shoot to supplement income, briefly mentions joining Navy for some years, describes first horse-drawn 'reaper' [= mechanical device for cutting corn]. [Side 2] George recalls seeing threshing with 'frail' [= flail] to produce cattle feed incl. 'cavings' [= chaff/ears separated from corn], tells anecdote about horse that killed hen in stable and became difficult to control, stresses expertise of horsemen in regaining his trust, outlines typical day ploughing with horses incl. break for 'bever' [= mid-morning snack/packed lunch], explains practice of 'balking' [= ploughing in ridges], discusses father's 100 acre farm, explains different roles of ploughmen.
Biography or history
Harry b. Little Baddow, aged 75, local school till aged 13, whole life in Little Baddow; father b. Langford; mother b. Kent; wife b. Brentwood. George b. Margaretting, aged 68, local school till aged 13, whole life in Doddinghurst since aged 5; father b. Blackmore, farmer; mother b. Blackmore; wife b. Waterbeach.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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