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community life53
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occupations43
agriculture37
nature36
food33
animals32
culture29
manners and customs28
education25

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)14
Barry, Michael V (1935-)11
Tammivaara, Irmeli6
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Shaw, David H3
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Wright, John T3
Dunn, Ginette2
Kylstra, Henk E2

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Apr 1955

[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...

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Sound Recordings, [North East England]

Mulley, Ian

[1970s]

Collector's grandfather reads a North East dialect poem. Title not given. [Tr. 2]

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Sound Recording, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

November 1958

[Collector announcement]; Amanda Crellin, recorded in Ronague; talks about cancer; prevalent diseases in her youth; smoking; hospital; food and drink in her father's time; going to school barefoot; ma...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 September 1976

[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire, talks about his marriage and family; offers thoughts on modern families and children; sings 'Beautiful Dreamer'; talks about Catholics...

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Songs of the Pit Communities of Northumberland and Durham

Baker, Maxine

1966

A collection of songs gathered from fifteen informants living in Northumberland and Durham. Song texts are included throughout. The study is divided into six sections, with the first presenting hist...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

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

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

Jul 1939

[Side 1] Willie, Fred and Cliff recall sleeping above shed in Chillingham, hearing 'howlet' [= owl] in night, sleeping on straw mattresses, living off bread, cheese and tinned food, falling when build...

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The People of the City of Liverpool and their Second World War

Bond, Francis Keith

1974

A dissertation comprising the recollections of people living in Liverpool during World War Two, based on tape-recorded conversations with fifteen informants.

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The Irish in Manchester

Dolan, Bernadette

1980

An introductory history of the Irish migrants to England, and in particular to Manchester, based on the collector's interviews with her father and one other Irish descendant living in the city.

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The Effect of Tourism on a Highland Culture: A Study of Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan

Fisher, Nora M M

1976

A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first presents a brief history and description of the village of Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The second describes the old culture of the villag...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

26 October 1973

Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; talks about a book by Bernard Woods; ancient maps; the works of Canon Atkinson; seventeenth century wage fixing, wages of tradesmen, child labour; FW's wor...

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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...

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