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Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
17 Sep 1952
[Side 1] Conversation about 'mushel' [= mussel] fishing, discussion of preparations for following morning, comments about poor quality of mushels recently, nothing but 'clarts' [= mud]. [Side 2] Expla...
Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
1974
Tom Sloan, recorded at home in Maidens, talks about his fishing career; mother baiting baikies - small lines - with mussels; big line fishing; drift net fishing; ring net fishing for herring off the I...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard
Jan 1955
[Side 1] George recalls almost drowning in local pool, remembers anglers frequently coming from Birmingham in past, comments pool now drained, reflects on favourite jobs on farm, incl. 'a-striking out...
The Fishermen of Newhaven
Paine, M J
1967
A thesis containing eight sections, providing general notes on Newhaven town and harbour, examples of fishermen's superstitions and prejudices, customs of the Brighton and Newhaven fishermen, clothing...
Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Lenihan, J M A
30 May 1939
[Side 1] Conversation between George, Tommy, Douglas, Willie and Mrs. Civil about fishing incl. incident when they were caught poaching salmon in Wark burn at night, alerted by friends on bank and hid...
Staithes
Day, Angela M
1967
A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...
The Folklore of the Northumbrian Fishing Communities
Robson, Joanne
1967
A study of crab, lobster and salmon fishermen, and the communities in which they live, covering the length of the Northumberlandcoast. In collecting folklore of the area and the industry, the collecto...
Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
December 1973
[Collector announcement]; Mungo Munro , recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career, 1926-1971; deep sea fishing for herring; line fishing; women baiting lines (with mussels, also sand ...
Sound Recording, Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
December 1973
James McCrindle, recorded at home in Ayr, talks about his career as a fisherman; the type of fish caught; fishing grounds; starting in 1923; describes a fishing boat, sailing as a schoolboy, the crew,...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
June 1974
Miriam Cross, recorded at home in Prickwillow on 10 June 1974; talks about her childhood home in the village; parents (farmers); baking using a brick oven; jam making; pig killing; describes the Fen r...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
June 1974
[Collector announcement]; May Hard, recorded in Pymore on 13 June 1974; talks about her father's job as a blacksmith, shoes for horses and donkeys, cart repairs, making harrows, repairing/sharpening p...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
June 1974
Herbert Powell, recorded in Sutton on the 17 June 1974 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A666r]; talks about horse-drawn cultivator/plough, and compares with modern machinery; describes harrows; hand sowi...