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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
McKelvie, Donald
30 November 1961
[Collector announcement]; Hector Deacon, a West Yorkshire rat catcher, describes techniques for catching rats, breeds and habits of rats, explains process of baiting/setting traps, location of traps [...
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...
Sound Recording, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1963
Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...
Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
05 Apr 1939
[Side 1] Conversation about local character, Jimmy the Child, anecdote about Jimmy catching rats in 'midden' [= ash-pit/dung heap] and showing them off in pub in exchange for beer, anecdote about late...