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Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D07 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D07

Creator(s): Lenihan, J M A

Site Location(s): Subject - Wark, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.0862, -2.22267 )

Date(s): 30 May 1939

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 20 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 56 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726780

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

2 - Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Douglas supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; brief conversation between Douglas and George about recording Wark dialect for posterity. [Side 2] George recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Wark dialect; Douglas recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Wark dialect.

Biography or history

Douglas & George b. Wark.

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This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.

Downloadable text transcriptions (where available) are reproduced with permission from Juhani Klemola and Mark Jones. ©All Rights Reserved.

Physical and technical conditions

78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium

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