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Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
24 Sep 1956
[Side 1] Sam and Jack tell series of anecdotes about local characters, recall bets and dares, memories of pranks on bonfire night, cost of alcohol in past. [Side 2] Sam and Jack recall warm ale and fo...
John Askham of Wellingborough: The Work of a Local Working-Class Author in the Nineteenth Century
Davies, Patrick J M
1983
A study of the writings of John Askham, shoemaker and author from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. Askham's prose is discussed in relation to street literature of the beginning of the nineteenth ...
Sound Recording, Oxfordshire
Pickering, Michael J
1973
BBC Radio Oxford outside broadcast programme, 'Hello Adderbury', recorded in Adderbury. The programme covers local government, including an interview with the clerk to the Parish Council who explains ...
Sound Recordings, Derbyshire
Russell, Ian
25 October 1970 - 28 October 1970
Jack Kay recorded in his home in Marsh Lane, talking about Norfolk Market in Sheffield and copies of song books (Rogers) seen on a stall there; reference to a Whitsuntide hymn sheet; informant's invol...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
1 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about his song repertoire; sings and discusses 'Hills of Ardmorn'; sings 'Jute Mill Song'; talks about forgetting words, im...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; relates incident where coble capsized and fisherman swam ashore; talk of a local poet [recites an example]; observations on c...
Sound Recordings, Dorset
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Spiller of Broadwindsor talks about farming; milking cows; hedging and the decline in the numbers of hedgers; farm horses and ploughing; weeding corn; haymaking; women labourers; informant's famil...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
26 October 1973
Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; sings an unidentified song about farmers' lads; relates anecdotes/stories regarding a dog and a hare, dialect, friends reunited, father quarrying and workm...
Alfred Williams Collection: Index
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of a typed index to the Alfred Williams Collection of Folk Songs at Swindon Reference Library, collected in the early 20th century. The index was compiled by Frank Pursl...