Survey of English Dialects recording in East Harting, Sussex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton, Sussex
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Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in East Harting, Sussex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton, Sussex
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D295
Site Location(s): Place name - East Harting, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom( 50.9689, -0.86706 )
Date(s): Jun 1959
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 51 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 56 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726674
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in East Harting, Sussex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton, Sussex
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in East Harting, Sussex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton, Sussex
Description
[Side 1] Harry tells anecdote about farm worker seeking employment, describes Sussex waggon incl. 'varnicles' [= cart-ladder, detachable boards fixed to cart to increase load capacity], discusses traditional harvesting incl. building and thatching stack and use of 'spars' [= hazel rod used to secure thatch], talks about Uppark estate and cattle on Compton Downs, describes own house and garden, compares farming now and in past incl. wages and working conditions, reflects on introduction of tractors and machinery, describes typical working day on farm in past incl. ploughing with horses. [Side 2] Mr Francis describes typical working day on farm in past, recalls keeping time according to passing trains, talks about ploughing, lists jobs incl. farm worker, gardener, carter delivering lime to builders before working with father, mentions enlisting for World War 1, describes how to build 'rick [= stack of corn], recalls cutting corn with sickle or 'fag-hook' [= hooked scythe], compares working
conditions now and in past, comments on long hours in past.
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Biography or history
Harry b. East Harting, aged 78, whole life in East Harting; local school till aged 10; father b. Gosport; wife b. Sussex. Mr Francis b. Brighton, grew up in Sutton, aged 72; local school till aged 11, whole life in Sutton except during WW1; father b. Sutton; mother b. Sutton; wife b. Sutton. Miss Francis b. Sutton, aged 70, whole life in Sutton; local school; father b. Sutton; mother b. Sutton.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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