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Dialect recording in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
Riddell, William
17 Feb 1938
[Side 1] John recites 'Butcher and his Calf' in Kirkby Stephen dialect. [Side 2] Blank.
Dialect recording in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
Riddell, William
17 Feb 1938
[Side 1] John recites 'Lord, Sich a Laugh I Gat Last Week' in Kirkby Stephen dialect; recites numbers 1 to 20, multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Blan...
Pace-Eggers
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th century, which purports to be of the Kirkby Stephen Pace-Eggers, or Jolly Boys. They carry musical instruments (tambourine, fiddle, and melodeon), and are d...
Pace-Eggers
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th century, which purports to be of the Kirkby Stephen Pace-Eggers, or Jolly Boys. They carry musical instruments (tambourine, fiddle and melodeon), and are dr...
Questionnaire Version 3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)
1949-1950
This sub-subseries includes typescript papers on the progress of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire and Survey of English Dialects (SED) plans; typescript drafts of version 3 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnai...
Dialect recording in Ireby, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
05 Jun- 06 Jun 1954
[Side 1] Joe describes recent visit to Kirkby Stephen Show, talks about own flock of Swaledales, discusses grazing rights on fells, briefly describes sheep farming locally and recalls hired labour in ...
Sound Recordings, East Anglia and Scotland
BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
[1950s]
'Singing the Fishing', the third of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and...
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, East Anglia and Scotland
BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
[1950s]
'Singing the Fishing', the third of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and...
Mumming: General
1962-1980
This file contains items generally related to the practice of mumming, and mumming plays. This includes a photocopy of Rosemary Meynell's paper, 'Come, Brave Bow Slash and his Men', from 'Derbyshire C...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
29 March 1963
Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
12 December 1976
[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about his song repertoire and song sources; sings the chorus of 'Two Little Girls in Blue'; sings 'All Through the Night'; thoug...