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Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D53 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D53

Creator(s): Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

Site Location(s): Subject - Stamfordham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.0433, -1.87978 )

Date(s): 05 Apr 1939

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 30 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 16 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726826

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

2 - Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

3 - Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Media credit University of Leeds

Description

[Side 1] John Johnson talks about father farming at Black Heddon before being sacked for stopping squire crossing his land and moving to Shotley Bridge, father died when John was seven and John returned to Stamfordham; compares cattle farming now and in past, recalls haggling over prices, fighting with Irish cattle drovers, comments nowadays price regulated at auction marts, describes shooting snape in winter and explains love of fishing. [Side 2] John Johnson recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Stamfordham dialect and the story of the country lad; John Johnson and John Larney in conversation.

Biography or history

John Johnson b. Stamfordham, aged 55. John Larney b. Stamfordham.

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This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.

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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