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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
Nov 1958
[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...
Sound Recording, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
November 1958
[Collector announcement]; Amanda Crellin, recorded in Ronague; talks about cancer; prevalent diseases in her youth; smoking; hospital; food and drink in her father's time; going to school barefoot; ma...
Sound Recordings, Kent
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1958-1959
[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
July 1966
[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...
Sound Recordings, London, Huntingdonshire and Buckinghamshire
Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1967
Mr. H. J. Kent, recorded in Hackney (London); talks about bus fares in London, compared with fifty years ago; journey times compared with horse trams; thoughts on the present bus service; horse drawn ...
Sound Recordings, Essex
Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1967
Charlie Manning, recorded in High Easter; talks about driving a milk cart at the age of ten; driving waggons; ploughing; harvest time; community spirit; marking out a field for ploughing; hedging; cro...
Sound Recordings, Leicestershire and Essex
Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1967
Mrs. F. E. Annet, recorded in Carlton Curlieu (Leicestershire); talks about a blacksmith and smithy; fireplaces - use and cleaning; curing bacon/ham; grocery deliveries; neighbour's bread baking; plac...
Sound Recordings, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire
Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1967
Edward Orton, recorded in Packington (Leicestershire); talks about building a haystack, and thatching it with wheat straw; farmhouses; curing bacon; livestock; selling land for housing; modern farming...