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Coleford Response Book - 31So4
Wright, John T
14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Avebury Response Book - 32W3
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Coleford, Somerset
Jul 1956
[Side 1] Jim recalls General Strike of 1926, describes serious accident on returning to work and severe injuries that forced him to retire when roof of mine collapsed, discusses typical wages in mine ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Avebury, Wiltshire
Jun 1956
[Side 1] Jim talks about ploughing with oxen before introduction of tractors, describes traditional 'buckshutter' plough, discusses manual farm labour incl. reaping/hoeing/harvesting/haymaking by hand...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960]
Compilation of fieldwork recordings [extracts], made in Avebury and possibly copies of original recordings made for the Survey of English Dialects. Male informant talks about harvest time and the us...
Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959-1960
[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
James Shipway, recorded in Avebury; talks about thatching; the loss of tradespeople in the village; reference to the renovation of a barn in the village [by the National Trust, now the Great Barn]; tr...
Book I: The Farm [Coleford Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm.
Notes [Coleford Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes general conversation phonetic notes from Jim Steeds as well as his wife Helen Steeds. Includes biographical information about the informa...
Notes [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.
Book II: Farming [Coleford Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Book III: Animals [Coleford Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.