Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D319
Creator(s): Dyson, B Ronald
Site Location(s): Place name - Holmbridge, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.5592, -1.81721 )
Date(s): Sep 1951
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 19 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 02 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726696
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] Conversation between Haigh, his daughter and Herbert about recent weather, anecdotes about several local characters, including known bodysnatcher. [Side 2] Conversation between Haigh, his daughter and Herbert about local dialect, demonstration of local pronunciation of 'trough' and use of 'thou' in past, discussion about keeping pigs and custom of making 'bedlam' [= type of black pudding] from blood, suet, oatmeal and onions. Note: Recording date 1951-09 noted by ear, 1951-11-06 written on lacquer disc label.
Biography or history
Haigh b. Holme, aged 83, local school till aged 13, whole life in Holme; father b. Holme; mother b. Holme. unnamed female speaker, aged 60; father b. Holme, shepherd, gamekeeper & smallholder. Herbert, b. Holmfirth, aged 60.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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