Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D12
Creator(s): Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
Site Location(s): Subject - Humshaugh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.0377, -2.12843 )
Date(s): 05 Jun 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 05 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 57 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726788
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] William Herdman and Jim discuss village cricket club, recount recent victory against Newton and individual performances despite poor wicket. Jim recalls being hit by ball playing cricket at school and describes his work at quarry. William reflects on personal cricketing feats. [Side 2] William Nichol and William Thompson exchange banter about local characters, compare farm work with quarry work, discuss difference between fly and flea.
Biography or history
William Herdman, Jim & William Thompson b. Humshaugh. William Nichol b. Halton Red House, near Corbridge.
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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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