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Total number of records: 14

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community life14
vehicles14
occupations13
agriculture12
animals11
culture11
nature11
food9
english language - dialects7
food crops7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)9
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Dunn, Ginette2
Lobb, Francis James2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Siporin, Rae Lee2
Willey, William Henry2
Wright, John T2
(Charlie)1

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

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

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; discussion of left-...

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Sound Recording, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

23 December 1973

Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

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

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; William Willey, recorded by Stanley Ellis in Mullion on the 30 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books];...

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Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk

Pearson, Margaret Frances

1977

A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...

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The Living Dialect of Great Hale, Lincolnshire

Brown, Robin

1960

A study of the dialect spoken in Great Hale in Lincolnshire, based on data collected through interviews with five local informants over the Easter to August period in 1959, printed sources and referen...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

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

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded by Stanley Ellis in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; di...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

10 September 1974

Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common; talks about his song repertoire [lists titles]; singing as a child, in church choirs at Hasketon and Bawdsey, at school; pub singing; singing as part o...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

5 October 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, talks about village concerts, the singer Jack Davy, speeches re. the village and songs sung, village organisations, other singers, (step) dancing, village dances, ...

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Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Nottinghamshire locations 9Nt1-4, and Lincolnshire 10L1-3. The original recordings were made in 1952, 1956, 1957 and 1965. T...

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made ...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...

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