Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D084
Creator(s): Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Belford, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.5813, -1.83744 )
Date(s): 18 Sep 1952
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 43 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 47 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726849
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Fred tells series of anecdotes about local characters, Cissie and Fred discuss differences between dialects locally, Fred briefly mentions disputes between rival supporters from Holy Island of Newcastle United and Sunderland at previous night's football match. [Side 2] Cissie and Fred give examples of Holy Island dialect, brief discussion of previous night's football match; Fred tells anecdote of woman who held up postilion in local pub, stole her father's death warrant and went to Edinburgh to seek his pardon.
Biography or history
Fred b. Belford, aged 38; Cissie's brother. Cissie b. Belford, aged 42; Fred's brother.
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Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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