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culture87
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occupations87
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english language - dialects42
buildings26
nature26
food24
manners and customs24
vehicles23

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Hawley, Elizabeth K13
Dunn, Ginette8
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy6
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)5
Parker, Charles (1919-1980)3
Wright, Peter3
Balls, Ronnie2
Bbc2

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Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

16 Mar 1939

[Side 1] Billy and John remember white vixen and cubs being presented by Lord Armstrong to Edinburgh Zoo, discuss poaching and trout fishing in River Coquet. [Side 2] Billy and John talk about local i...

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Dialect recording in Cullercoats, Northumberland

Hornsby, G

11 Nov 1938

[Side 1] Mrs. Henry recites passage, 'Cullercoats and the work of the fisher folks', describes week-long mussel-fishing trips and work of fisher wives: baiting lines (140 hooks per line), waiting with...

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Fishing Traditions in South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

M.A. dissertation on the fishing industry in South Ayrshire, written in two parts. The first, Fishing Methods and Marketing, has chapters on salmon fishing, creel fishing, line fishing, ring netting, ...

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Fishing Questionnaire Drafts and Related Papers

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1963-1968]

Ms. and typed drafts of Peter Wright's fishing questionnaire; a photocopy of Wright's questionnaire as it appeared in the 'Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society', with ms. annotations (copied)...

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Phonology of the Dialect of Fleetwood, Lancashire

Wright, Peter

1949

A study of the dialect spoken in Fleetwood in Lancashire. A number of leaves have been removed from this piece of work, and as a consequence the current item starts at Chapter Three, on the developmen...

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Fleetwood (Lancashire), Descriptive and Historical

Wright, Peter

1954

Ph.D. containing in its first volume a treatment of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 19[53], the modern equivalents of the Middle English vowels and consonants, and an account of the syntax and m...

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Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland

23 Feb 1939

[Side 1] Conversation between coxswain Brown and Hunter (unplayable by current technological means). [Side 2] Conversation between Janet and Maggie about crossing to Holy Island; Hunter recites the st...

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Fishhooks

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

A pile of fishhooks ready to be counted down, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Fishhooks

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Counted down fishhooks awaiting packaging at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Fishhooks

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Fish hooks hanging on a bar at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Fishhooks

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Completed fish hooks with chains, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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West Midlands Responses - Book IV, Part 9

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book IV, Part 9: Reptiles. Includes questions IV.9.1 Worms - IV.9.11 Herrings.

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