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Survey of English Dialects recording in Kingsley, Cheshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D139 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Kingsley, Cheshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D139

Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Site Location(s): Subject - Kingsley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.2716, -2.68218 )

Date(s): 09 Feb 1955

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 53 sec.; [Side 2] 05 min. 00 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726904

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Kingsley, Cheshire

2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Kingsley, Cheshire

Description

[Side 1] Arthur recalls local road accident in fog, describes mahogany and oak table, talks about working with wood. [Side 2] Arthur talks about picking up tips from wheelwright father, recalls father being particular about care and storage of tools, tells anecdote about returning home from Davenham in dark and calling at house for help to repair lamp and discovering owner knew his father.

Biography or history

Arthur b. Kingsley, aged 63, local school till aged 13; father b. Kingsley, wheelwright; wife b. Kingsley.

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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium

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