Survey of English Dialects recording in Haltwhistle, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Haltwhistle, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D081
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 54.971, -2.45682 )
Date(s): 24 Feb 1953
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 39 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 43 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726846
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Haltwhistle, Northumberland
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Haltwhistle, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Ned tells series of anecdotes about horses, recalls horse stumbling while carting stones from Lees Hall quarry, describes journey to Hindleysteel over old fell road, winning several races with chestnut horse, remembers accident with horse-drawn bus near Keswick. [Side 2] Ned describes special relationship he built up with one particular horse, recalls brother taking horse out with load of manure, returning hour later pale and shaken, horse 'nickering' [= neighing], nearly bumped into wagon load of hay for 'jerry horses' [= quarry horses], horse knew Ned not driver from different position of reins, recalls another time when cow 'picked calf' [= aborted calf] at Hardon Hill and horse became so disturbed it refused to 'hank on' [= fasten on] and Ned had to walk him home, briefly discusses remedies for avoiding losing calves.
Biography or history
Ned b. Haltwhistle, aged 77; local school till aged 12, then horseman, carter and carrier, whole life on local farm; father b. Haltwhistle, nailmaker; mother b. Haltwhistle; wife b. Allendale, farm worker.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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