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Survey of English Dialects recording in Read, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

05 Mar 1954

[Side 1] Jim outlines typical year in sheep farming, incl. details of 'tupping' time [= mating time], use of 'raddle' [= red dye used to brand sheep], lambing time, 'provand' [= fodder], sale of fat l...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

James Gledhill, recorded in Golcar; talks about working in a woollen cloth textile mill - processes, differences between spinning/producing woollen and worsted materials; leisure time, including a des...

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