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Dialect recording in Tideswell, Derbyshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] David talks about poor childhood and memories of parents, recalls keeping pigs and hens until he saved enough to buy smallholding, discusses cattle farming and describes how local farmer and ...
Sound Recordings,
Barwell, Carol A
27 December 1978
[Collector announcement: informant, date]; Kenneth Barwell [collector's father] talks about family Christmases in the 1960s and mid 1970s; meaning of Christmas; cards, Christmas trees. [Tr. 8]
Sound Recording,
Pather, Ranjeni
27 December 1978
Collector's parents and sister offer their recollections of family Christmases - visit to Trafalgar Square, card and present giving, decorations and the tree; sister's recollections of Christmas Day, ...
Christmas Decorations
December 1974
Room decorated for Christmas, at a dwelling house in Vänersborg (Alvsborgs Lan, Sweden). The decorations include a Christmas tree decorated with candles, glass balls and tinsel. Under the tree are Ch...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1955-1956
Harry Scott [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A746r], recorded in Billington; sings 'I Wish I was Single Again'; talks about Fred Henley. [Tr. 1] Fred Henley and his wife, Mrs. Fred Henley, recorded in ...
Sound Recordings, Manchester
Drinkwater, Jane Margaret
January 1976
[Collector announcement]; female informant, recorded in Manchester, describes Ukrainians' celebrations on Christmas Eve (Julian calendar, January 6th); describes the Christmas Eve meal, its constituen...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
4 October 1974
Alice Messenger, possibly recorded at a friend's house in Aldeburgh. [The informant is from Blaxhall. A Mrs. Thompson also speaks on this recording.] AM sings the following songs (generally just the c...
Sound Recordings, Great Britain and Ireland
Harrop, Peter K
[1970s]
Soundtrack of a BBC One television programme, 'Here We Come A-Wassailing', broadcast on the 22 December 1977 at 22:20 [this copy recorded direct from the television]. Incomplete copy of a programme w...
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...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Harry Lowe, recorded in Stretham on the 24 July 1975; talks about food and the cost of living; working on a carrier's cart to Cambridge; farm labourers' wages; being an appre...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Etheldrida Thompson, recorded in Witchford on the 14 July 1975; gives biographical details; employment as a nurse housemaid in Cambridge; parlour maid in Peterborough; [colle...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Christopher Haddock [ Albert Haddock's brother] and Elsie Haddock, recorded at Sutton Gault on the 22 July 1975; talk about wild mushrooms and mushroom picking; mushroom ketc...