Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D23
Site Location(s): Subject - Capheaton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.1174, -1.94761 )
Date(s): 13 Jun 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 03 min. 40 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 46 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726799
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Matthew and William discuss demise of miller trade, express preference for beer brewed with barley hops, discuss rise of poultry trade; anecdote about ducks. [Side 2] Conversation between W.R. Thompson and Matthew incl. examples of local farming terms incl. 'awerd' [= overturned sheep], 'stirk' [= bullock], 'tup' [= male lamb], 'hog' [= male sheep], 'shearling' [= young female sheep] and 'quey' [= heifer].
Biography or history
William b. Holystone, farmer at Belsay. Matthew b. Slaley, farmer at Make Me Rich. W.R. Thompson, farmer at Hill Head, Capheaton.
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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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