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Wright, John T6
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Kylstra, Henk E2
Orchard, Bill2
Smith, George2
Tyler, William (1893-1893)2
Wakelin, Martyn F2
William2
Blake, Mr William1

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958

[Collector announcement]; Frank Osbourne, recorded in Goudhurst in November 1958; talks about his working hours on the farm/land with horses; his agricultural labourer's wage of fourteen shillings a w...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

1958

[Collector announcement]; Frank Gist, recorded at home in Kilkhampton on the 25 October 1958; talks about farm work on leaving school; the family carriers business; goods transported and for whom; tra...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

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

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; William Willey, recorded by Stanley Ellis in Mullion on the 30 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books];...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E

1957-1961

[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...

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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, Devon

Wright, John T

October 1958

[Announcement, ?by Tony Green]; Ernest Smythe, recorded in Parracombe; talks about working life on the railway (as office boy, timekeeper); gangs working on the line, and the difficulty of building it...

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Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958-1959

[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...

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