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culture12
english language - dialects12
occupations6
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food4
land use4
nature4
beverages3
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Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)2
Baldwin, John R1
Benison, Mr1
Blagrove, David (1937-1937)1
Brook, Ann1
Buglar, Mr1
Cruickshank, Mr1
Dewsbury, Sidney1
Dyson, Wilsey1
Gimbert, Claude1
SED Word Map: Path
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SED Word Map: Path

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question IV.III.11, Path, mapping responses Path, Pad, Trod, Gate and Track.

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Sound Recording, Berkshire

Baldwin, John R

1967

Dave Blagrove, recorded in Reading; sings [with ?banjo/?ukulele accompaniment] 'Sandy Lane', the Oxford boatmen's songs 'The Ballad of Tom Beechey' and 'Les Morton's Navy'; 'Maggie May', 'Farmer's Boy...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Woods, Peter J E

1970

Frank Weatherill (cello), Mr. Jones (violin) and Mary ? (piano), recorded in Danby [date not known]; play a number of instrumental tunes, many unidentified and some repeated following adjustments to t...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

14 October 1970 - 25 February 1971

George White singing in his home, in the Stannington area of Sheffield. Recorded 14 October 1970. [Tr. 3]. Conclusion of a session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A122r.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

04 Feb 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey provides responses to survey questionnaire Book IV NATURE, Book IV.1 (WATER, GROUND) incl. demonstration of local pronunciation of e.g. 'dike' [= stream], 'brig' [= 'bridge'], 'flooded...

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Sound Recording, West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Brian Hartshorne, a butcher recorded in Wolverhampton [continued from tapes LAVC/SRE/A716r and LAVC/SRE/A717r]; talks about butchers' back slang (for animal names/meat cuts and other terms); explains ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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Sound Recordings, Great Britain and Ireland

Harrop, Peter K

[1970s]

Soundtrack of a BBC One television programme, 'Here We Come A-Wassailing', broadcast on the 22 December 1977 at 22:20 [this copy recorded direct from the television]. Incomplete copy of a programme w...

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Sound Recordings, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Studley of Broadwindsor talks about the history of his family's farm; type of farming; livestock; recollections of farm work when a child; harvest time and the custom of making sweet hay; haymakin...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Wharton, Colin S

1960-1961

Edited compilation of field recordings of songs sung by a number of informants at locations in North Yorkshire. The collector announces the name of the song and singer, where known, before each song. ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Sidney Dewsbury, recorded in Pymore on 19 July 1975; talks about his working life; local floods in 1937 and 1940; work for river authority; strengthening/building river banks...

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A Study of Speech Patterns in the Urban District of Cannock, Staffordshire

Heath, Christopher D

1971

Ph.D. thesis containing eight chapters and six appendices on urban speech patterns in Cannock (Staffordshire). The chapters comprise a general introduction, a reconsideration of phonology, the classif...

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