Survey of English Dialects recording in Stoke, Kent
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Stoke, Kent
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D281
Site Location(s): Place name - Stoke, Medway, Kent, England, United Kingdom( 51.4417, 0.63208 )
Date(s): 27 Nov 1959
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 46 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 59 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726660
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Stoke, Kent
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Stoke, Kent
Description
[Side 1] William talks about ploughing with horses, lists parts of plough incl. 'chip' [= ploughbeam, central longitudinal timber/iron beam/bar of plough] and 'reest' [= replaceable bed under mouldboard on plough], explains how to adjust plough, comments heavy Kent plough favoured locally, discusses sheep farming, explains Kent sheep more common locally than Down sheep due to clay soil. [Side 2] William talks about harvesting with scythe, discusses haymaking and building stack, recalls walking everywhere incl. taking livestock to Maidstone Fair, comments local stock markets now closed, explains how to thatch stack using 'yelms' [= bundles of straw] and 'splints' [= thatching pegs], recalls incident when Chilean ship was refused entry to Chatham and seeing SS Great Eastern on local salt marshes.
Biography or history
William b. Stoke, aged 90, local school for 2 years, whole life in Stoke; father b. Yeovil, moved to Stoke as 'youth', farmer; mother b. Stoke; wife b. Stoke.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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