Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D54
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] 05 min. 12 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 25 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726827
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Conversation about local character, Jimmy the Child, anecdote about Jimmy catching rats in 'midden' [= ash-pit/dung heap] and showing them off in pub in exchange for beer, anecdote about late night drinking before Hexham races when Jimmy was found next morning lying on village green 'tight' = [drunk]; John Larney briefly describes his work as lorry driver and general labourer. [Side 2] Conversation about Stamfordham fair, recall cattle markets on village green, discussion about village characters of past, incl. Geordie, Tommy Burton and Old Jack.
Biography or history
John Johnson b. Stamfordham, aged 55. John Larney b. Stamfordham.
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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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