Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D085
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] 05 min. 11 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726850
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Fred tells anecdote about journey with grandfather to Newbiggin and Newcastle, remembers sitting on back of bus to avoid embarrassment as grandfather had habit of striking up conversation with strangers, Cissie tells anecdote about local character in past who repeatedly woke neighbours up very early by pretending to crow like a cockerel, Fred recalls being terrified when visiting castle as local American lady convinced him there was a ghost. [Side 2] Blank.
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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