Survey of English Dialects recording in Sheffield, Yorkshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Sheffield, Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D134
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.383, -1.4659 )
Date(s): 21 Dec 1952
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 05 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 37 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726899
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Sheffield, Yorkshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Sheffield, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] Sid describes process of making steel, talks about role of melter, explains terms incl. 'fracture' [= sample of metal for analysis] and need to 'slag off' [= remove e.g. sulphur and phosphorous by smelting]. [Side 2] Sid describes process of refining, adding alloys, e.g. chrome or nickel prior to 'tapping' [= drawing off liquid metal], stresses importance of 'teemer' [= crane operator responsible for pouring molten steel], explains transfer of molten lead into 'ladle' [= mould] via 'lander' [= channel for conveying molten metal from furnace to mould].
Biography or history
Sid b. Sheffield, aged 64; father b. Sheffield; mother b. Sheffield; wife b. Surrey.
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Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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