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english language - dialects2
folk dancing2
folk music2
home1
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Henderson, Henry2
Henderson, Joseph2
Mews, Albert2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Uncle Hen2
Lenihan, J M A1

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Sound Recordings, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Copy of disc recordings of three speakers from Acomb, made in the late 1930s as part of the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects conducted by Harold Orton during his time at Armstrong College, Newcastle-up...

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Joseph and Henry remember taking goods train home from Bellingham with Scotsman and not understanding a word; anecdotes about leisure time in past. [Side 2] Joseph and Albert recite old sayin...

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