Dialect recording in Newcastle upon Tyne
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Newcastle upon Tyne
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D18
Creator(s): Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
Site Location(s): Subject - Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom( 54.9733, -1.61396 )
Date(s): 29 Jun 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 34 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 22 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726794
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
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Description
[Side 1] Bob recites reading passage about 'wor Susie' in Newcastle dialect; Harry recalls father's uncle, Bob Bagnall, drowning while rowing on Tyne; Jonny recalls winner of rowing race drowning after hitting head on rollocks; discussion of sideshows at recent 'moor' [= Hoppings Fair]. [Side 2] Discussion about working in Newcastle incl. doing various jobs; anecdote about man with two wooden legs at Quayside.
Biography or history
Harry b. Byker. Jonny b. Newcastle upon Tyne.
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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