Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D10
Creator(s): Lenihan, J M A; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Site Location(s): Subject - Wark, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.0862, -2.22267 )
Date(s): 06 Jun 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 10 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 16 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726783
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Discussion about bees, memories of father's traditional brewing methods, use of yeast and barley in local brewing and baking. [Side 2] Discussion about gardening in recent dry weather, completion of new drainage system in Crookbank, Middleburn and Ladyhill, forestation policy locally, memories of local vicars and rectors, Ned recalls 226 burials at the church since 1912.
Biography or history
Ned & Douglas b. Wark. James b. Ponteland, grew up in Humshaugh.
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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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