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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...
Survey of English Dialects Press Conference
Studio Jaanus Limited
31 October 1962
Audience at the press conference arranged for the publication of the first of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Basic Material volumes (The Northern Counties, Part 1), at the Waldorf Hotel, London....
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...
Sound Recording, Hampshire
Wright, John T
January 1958
Charles Dudman, recorded in a pub in Hatherden; talks about a shepherding job on leaving school; ?locus beans in sheep feed; work as a garden boy at Clanville Lodge; humorous anecdote re. a visit to [...
Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T
1960-1961
William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A796r]; talks about hedging and ditching, related terminology and tools used; his father's speech; the price of beer/ale; a brewe...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E
1957-1961
[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...