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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture4
Brotherton Collection1

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animals2
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entertainment events2
holidays2
manners and customs2
nature2
play2
sports2
voyages and travels2
culture1

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Young, John7
Turnbull, Jimmy4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1657-17622
Bulkeley, John (1718)2
Campbell, Alexander2
Cummins, John2
Joyce, Andrew2
Joyce, Leslie2
Morris, Isaac2

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Archive Item

Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Lenihan, J M A

19 Jul 1939

[Side 1] John and Willie recall John's prowess as an athlete, description of winning 220 yard sprint at Powderhall. [Side 2] Leslie and Jimmy review local football team's prospects for forthcoming sea...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

17 Jul 1938

[Side 1] Discussion of recent horticultural show, express disappointment at judging of vegetable competition, comment that entries should be restricted to produce of own garden; discussion of forthcom...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

18 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Jimmy and John discuss plans for Whit Monday outing, picnic of beer and sandwiches at 'Cuddy's Cove' [= St Cuthbert's Cave], express hopes of sighting black-headed gulls. [Side 2] Andrew, Les...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

20 Jul 1939

[Side 1] John Johnson, John Young and Jimmy talk about cuckoos, discuss nesting habits, describe hatching of young ones, recall recent visit to cuckoo's nest and seeing petrels nesting on ledges in ol...

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My father dear : ballad sung by Miss Birch

Nelson, S (1800-1862); Young, Rev John

[1845]

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Voyage a la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le vaisseau le Wager : pour servir de suite au Voyage de Georges Anson. Traduite de l'anglois

Bulkeley, John (1718); Cummins, John; Young, John; Morris, Isaac; Campbell, Alexander; Rivers Abbé; Laugier, Marc-Antoine (1711-1769); Wager (Ship)

1756

Compiled from "A voyage to the south seas", by John Bulkeley and John Cummins; "An affecting narrative", by John Young; "A narrative of the dangers and distresses", by Isaac Morris, and "The sequel to...

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Voyage a la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le vaisseau le Wager : pour servir de suite au Voyage de Georges Anson. Traduit de l'anglois

Bulkeley, John (1718); Cummins, John (fl. 1756); Young, John (fl. 1756); Morris, Isaac (fl. 1756); Campbell, Alexander (fl. 1756); Rivers Abbé; Laugier, Marc Antoine (1711-1769)

1756

Compiled from "A voyage to the south seas", by John Bulkeley and John Cummins; "An affecting narrative", by John Young; "A narrative of the dangers and distresses", by Isaac Morris, and "The sequel to...

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