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Total number of records: 14

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dairy products14
food14
animals13
community life13
nature13
occupations13
agriculture12
wealth8
buildings7
culture7

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)13
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Dibnah, Miss Marjory2
Gledhill, James2
Lobb, Francis James2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Madge2
Siporin, Rae Lee2
Smith, Hollins2

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

June 1965

[Collector announcement]; Bella Green, recorded in Nether Whitacre; talks about her childhood; working in service at a farm in Coleshill; farm work - hoeing, digging, carting, harvesting; horse raking...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Welwick, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Madge describes how to make butter, 'ken' [= churn] cream, warm overnight in front of fire, add cold water, ken again to remove buttermilk, place on board to add salt, weigh into pounds and w...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Rippen, recorded in Chawleigh; talks about his age; his homes; working with his father, tying corn, at the age of eight; horse-drawn reaping machine; recollections of ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

November 1962

James Ingleby [ Pauline Battersby also present], recorded in Litton; talks about sheep farming; orphan lambs; shepherding; weaning; the size of his farm; cattle and milking; (Wensleydale) cheese and b...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Unidentified

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Mr. Woodhead, recorded in Clayton; talks about fitting a halter on a cow; bulls; cattle breeding and artificial insemination; Wibsey Horse Fair; local Tide (Feast/Fair); milk herd; daily milking routi...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; discussion of left-...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Bill Stevenson, recorded in Carleton on the 1 February 1963; talks about his upbringing in Carleton; his father; pig keeping and killing for Christmas; diet; local school; Mischief Night and pranks de...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

James Gledhill, recorded in Golcar; talks about working in a woollen cloth textile mill - processes, differences between spinning/producing woollen and worsted materials; leisure time, including a des...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1 April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Ernest Warren, recorded [outside] in Ponsworthy; talks about the recent snowfall; farming (crops, cream/buttermaking); his first job milling flour and driving a horse and car...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F; Wright, John T

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded by Stanley Ellis in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; di...

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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