Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D299
Site Location(s): Place name - Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom( 53.9253, -3.01085 )
Date(s): 10 Jun 1951
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 17 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 31 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726678
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Fleetwood, Lancashire
Description
[Side 1] Bob tells several anecdotes about getting drunk as young man, incl. singing 'Hail smiling morn' on Isle of Man at Christmas aged 17, being thrown out of pub on Ramsey harbour after brawl, losing earring aged 16 while dancing on Ramsey Pier, falling in water singing 'Welcome poor Paddy home'. [Side 2] Bob tells an anecdote about local character known as 'the 'Blackpool diver', briefly mentions Fleetwood pleasure boats, recalls returning to shore and going to barracks to listen to band and swap stories at church.
Biography or history
Bob b. Fleetwood, aged 88. William b. Fleetwood, aged 62; local school till aged 11; father b. Fleetwood, fisherman; mother b. Devon, moved to Fleetwood aged 25; wife b. Fleetwood; William is father of interviewer, Peter.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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