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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
30 November 1976
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Waters of Tyne', and discusses learning it and other Geordie songs; sings/hums fragment of 'Buy Broom Besoms'; sings 'Bobb...
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...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Morris, Patricia M
[September 1981]
Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; gives biographical details (born in the Bramley area of Leeds); recollections of baptism as a child; family; other Bramley families; Bra...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made ...
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...
Sound Recording, County Durham
Hargreaves, Lesley
December 1980
David Bennett and Olive Bennett, of Shotton Colliery, discuss foodways, domestic and occupational customs: Sunday dinner, Saturday mealtimes, Sunday tea, Christmas food, Easter food; food for special ...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s]
Mr. Fisher of Thornhill, recorded in 1962; talks about working in a coal mine - hours of work, wages, scale picking (as a youngster); pushing tubs underground; describes the layout underground and the...