Survey of English Dialects recording in Stonebroom, Derbyshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Stonebroom, Derbyshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D143
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Stonebroom, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.1342, -1.37878 )
Date(s): May 1956
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 00 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 49 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726908
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Stonebroom, Derbyshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Stonebroom, Derbyshire
Description
[Side 1] Horace talks about motorcycling incident and encounter with local policeman, discusses work at pit, started aged 12, describes method of ventilation in mine, incl. 'intake' [= shaft through which air is introduced into mine] and 'return' [= shaft for carrying air out of mine]. [Side 2] Horace talks about issue of water & gas in mines, discusses mining techniques, compares value of training with practical work experience, describes underground roadways and use of pit props, explains placement of bore holes for blasting and use of differnt types of detonator.
Biography or history
Horace b. Stonebroom, aged 80, local school till aged 12, whole life in Stonebroom; father b. Stonebroom, farmer; wife b. Stonebroom.
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Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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