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Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D161 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D161

Creator(s): Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard

Site Location(s): Subject - Clun, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.4214, -3.02753 )

Date(s): Jan 1955

Language: English

Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 24 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 44 sec.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726926

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire

2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire

Description

[Side 1] George recalls almost drowning in local pool, remembers anglers frequently coming from Birmingham in past, comments pool now drained, reflects on favourite jobs on farm, incl. 'a-striking out' [= marking off furrows by ploughing once up and down field], explains how to 'pleach' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge], discusses techniques and traditional tools used. [Side 2] George talks about harsh winters in past, describes traditional method of making cider, recalls travelling from Clun with mobile cider-mill, tells anecdote about organising football match in local farmer's field and abandoning match when farmer arrived.

Biography or history

George b. Clun, aged 74, local school till aged 13, whole life in Clun except 1 year in Radnor; father b. Clun; mother b. Clun.

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

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