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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
29 November 1976
[Collector announcement]; Luke Gallon, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about mineral rights on the moors near Ugthorpe; land owned by a relation, and associated rights; the local bacon factory; mo...
Sound Recording, South Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
23 December 1973
Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...
Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
1974
James Cook, recorded at home in Maybole on 2 April 1974. Conversation re. fishing and village life; fishermen from Maidens selling fish; occupational folklore re. red-haired women; village community; ...
An Account of the Phonology of the Dialect of Gosforth in the County of Cumberland
Young, Nell
1950
A study of the dialect spoken in Gosforth, in the old county of Cumberland, based on fieldwork undertaken in June and December 1949. An introduction to the village is followed by chapters which pres...
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, Monmouthshire
Upton, Clive S
28 December 1974
[Gap, 2 minutes]; Charles Thomas, recorded in Llanfrechfa; talks about meat wholesalers in Newport; slaughterhouses in Abergavenny, and others remaining in the area; work for the Ministry during World...
Sound Recordings, Lincolnshire
Sutton, Diane
2 Jan 1979 - 4 Jan 1979
Marjorie Sutton [collector's grandmother] and Irvin Sutton [collector's father] discuss pig-killing at Christmas; Lincoln butter market - travelling from Wragby to sell produce; Christmas parties - ga...
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...
Sound Recordings, Powys
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)
[1960s]
Bert Williams, recorded in Builth Wells [undated]; talks about the town as it was in his youth; describes various buildings, including a gatehouse, temperance houses, cattle market, brewery, Masonic H...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wright, John T
24 November 1958
[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...