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Wright, Peter2
Annett, Mr Reuben1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
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Boot, Margaret C1
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Dunn, Ginette1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Farrar, William1
Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)
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Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question VI.14.23, Boot(s). The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular f...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

5 January 1977

[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson and Mike Hodgson [son of Bede Hodgson], recorded at JW's house in Tranmire. JW sings 'MacPherson's Rant'; MH talks about his father singing, and learning 'Take ...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

September/October 1973

Wilf Walton [daughter also present], recorded in Adderbury; recites texts of a number of unidentified poems/monologues and songs; daughter talks about her father acting in local productions of 'The Mi...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A559r]. [Date when this copy tape made not known.]. Talks about language and dialect; anecdotes re. old local people; the herring fl...

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A Lincolnshire Song Book

Pacey, Robert W

1979

Photocopied draft, and ms. and typed draft of Pacey's 'A Lincolnshire Song Book', with musical notation of song melodies. The collection was compiled from songs collected by Mrs. Ethel Rudkin, who not...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

12 September 1974

Horace White, recorded at home in Spexhall; talks about the village pub; the Suffolk feudal system; World War One; working life, including fishing in Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire), local council in Suff...

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The Living Dialect of Eskdale (Cumbria): A Descriptive and Historical Survey

Macdonald, Claire

1975

A study of the dialect spoken in Eskdale in Cumbria, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with two principal informants, Billy Hartley and John Porter, both resident in Eskdale Green. ...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

29 May 1978

Bampton Morris Dancersdancing outside in Bampton, with musical accompaniment on an accordion and fiddle. ?Recorded at a gala/fete event - crowd noise and public address announcement is audible. [Tr. 9...

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Sound Recording, Cumbria

Upton, Clive S

20 May 1974

[Collector announcement]; Edward Blamire, recorded at home in Patterdale ; talks about his work as a gardener at Patterdale Hall; describes the kitchen gardens, lawns and staff; the gardens in later y...

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Sound Recordings, Berkshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

March 1959

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Stiff, recorded in Swallowfield; makes reference to working at the residence of the Duke of Wellington, at Farley Hill; talks of his interest in the kitchen there and its...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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Local Names of Wild Flowers and Trees Used in the West, North and East Ridings of Yorkshire

Boot, Margaret C

1947

This file contains a typed paper with an alphabetical list of the common names of wild flowers and trees, accompanied by the Yorkshire terms used to describe them. The dialect terms are identified by ...

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