Survey of English Dialects recording in Oxton, Nottinghamshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D152
Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Site Location(s): Subject - Oxton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.0553, -1.0628 )
Date(s): Feb 1957
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 16 sec.; [Side 2] 05 min. 16 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726917
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Oxton, Nottinghamshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Description
[Side 1] Percy tells series of anecdotes about local farm workers, talks about his ability to deal with difficult horses and describes methods he used, including beating 'tit' [= small horse] with 'besom stave' [= broom handle]. [Side 2] Percy recalls calming horse using 'twitch' [= noose used to restrain horse], mentions meeting mother of deceased farm worker he had known before he joined army.
Biography or history
Percy b. Oxton, aged 72, local school till aged 12, whole life in Oxton; father b. Oxton; mother b. Oxton; wife b. Southwell.
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Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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