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Survey of English Dialects recording in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D156 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D156

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

Site Location(s): Subject - Weston Rhyn, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.9142, -3.0657 )

Date(s): Jan 1955

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 03 min. 46 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 44 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726921

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire

2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire

Description

[Side 1] George talks about his experiences as miner, recalls starting as young lad coupling waggons, explains role of 'doggy' [= supervisor], describes pushing waggons with Davy Lamp in mouth, compares conditions underground now and in past, discusses different tasks. [Side 2] George recalls young lad suffering accident down mine due to cramped conditions, comments worked 45 years for same company then moved to deep pit in Stoke, explains water sent down by horse, tells anecdote about oversleeping but still making shift.

Biography or history

George b. Weston Rhyn, aged, local school till aged 13.

Provenance

'Davies' spelt 'Davis' on lacquer disc label.

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Physical and technical conditions

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

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