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Dialect recording in Croft, Lancashire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

11 Apr 1939

[Side 1] Description of friend's wedding, playing bowls after too much champagne and whisky, anecdotes about local characters. [Side 2] Conversation about threshing by hand, winnowing machines, introd...

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Dialect recording in Croft, Lancashire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

11 Apr 1939

[Side 1] Jack Maines recites 'Owd Bones' in Croft dialect (x2). [Side 2] Conversation about accidents at pit in past (frequently inaudible).

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Shadow & sunshine; or, Claverton churchyard

Green, James

[18--]

In verse.

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Poetical sketches of Scarborough: : illustrated by twenty-one engravings of humorous subjects, coloured from original designs

Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847); Wrangham, Francis (1769-1842); Green, James (1771-1834); Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); Bluck, J (fl.1791-1819); Ackermann, Rudolph (1764-1834); Diggens, John (fl.1799-1833); Combe, William (1742-1823)

1813

The unsigned poems are by William Combe; the rest are signed either "J.P." [J.B. Papworth] or "W." [F. Wrangham].

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