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Gardening Questionnaire Correspondence
Whitfield, Jean
1962-1963
Letters sent to Jean Whitfield from newspapers, journals and magazine editors regarding her research, and from individuals responding to her requests for help posted through these channels. This relat...
Dialect recording in Lowick, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Jul 1939
[Side 1] Jack and Bill talk about gardening, discuss 'teddies' [= potato] crop, onions, roses, mushrooms, cabbages, Brussels sprouts, broccoli. [Side 2] Jack and Bill reminisce about schooldays (frequ...
Stonework
1969-1979
This file contains items relating to stone industries and related crafts, including a photocopy of the Appendix to Horace Harman's 'Buckinghamshire Dialect' (reprinted Wakefield: S. R. Publishers, 197...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
07 Jun 1939
[Side 1] William and Madge compare share of domestic chores, incl. work in garden, sewing, darning and washing. [Side 2] Amy and Madge discuss attending ARP [=Air Raid Precautions] meetings, describe ...
Dialect recording in Tideswell, Derbyshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] David talks about poor childhood and memories of parents, recalls keeping pigs and hens until he saved enough to buy smallholding, discusses cattle farming and describes how local farmer and ...
Sound Recordings, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)
1965
Mrs. Forward, recorded in Cwmavon; talks about her son; the dole and Depression in the late 1920s/early 1930s; family; life in the valley; working at a furnace shovelling coal during World War One; hu...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
07 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Mrs. Ritson and Madge discuss embroidery for church bazaar, compare hand sewing with machine sewing, mention range of home-baked breads and cakes available at bazaar. [Side 2] William and Mad...
Sound Recording, [Devon]
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Woodman [?recorded in the garden of his home, in Honiton] talks about the dry weather; a flood two years previously; vegetable gardening; farm work and working hours [tape runs fast to this point,...
Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Nottinghamshire locations 9Nt1-4, and Lincolnshire 10L1-3. The original recordings were made in 1952, 1956, 1957 and 1965. T...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Chirbury, Shropshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Jan 1955
[Side 1] Joe recalls childhood pastimes, compares village school now and in past, talks about father's work as woodman, reflects on wages to bring up nine children, describes killing and curing pig, r...
Sound Recording, Cumbria
Upton, Clive S
20 May 1974
[Collector announcement]; Edward Blamire, recorded at home in Patterdale ; talks about his work as a gardener at Patterdale Hall; describes the kitchen gardens, lawns and staff; the gardens in later y...
Farming Traditions in South Shropshire
Gwilliam, K Sheila
1967
A thesis based on the experiences of the collector's family, farming an area near Clun in Shropshire.