Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D17
Site Location(s): Subject - Humshaugh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.0377, -2.12843 )
Date(s): 07 Jun 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 03 min. 28 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 23 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726793
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] William and Madge compare share of domestic chores, incl. work in garden, sewing, darning and washing. [Side 2] Amy and Madge discuss attending ARP [=Air Raid Precautions] meetings, describe first aid courses and preparations for taking refugee children; compare contemporary domestic life with grandmothers' experience, discuss 'twilting' [= making quilts] and recall 'sewing bees' [= embroidery classes/competitions].
Biography or history
Amy & William b. Humshaugh. Madge b. Acomb, lived in Humshaugh for 30 years.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
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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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