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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)13
Dyson, Wilsey2
Jacques, Oswald2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Brown, Amos1
Crellin, Mrs Amanda1
Dyson, B Ronald1
Gledhill, James1
Heard, Richard1
Howard, Haigh1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Feb 1953

Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Harwood, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Feb 1954

[Side 1] Polly tells series of anecdotes: recalls woman's 'boa' [= fur stole] blowing off in wind and being mistaken for snake and buried in churchyard, remembers sexton digging grave early one mornin...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Apr 1955

[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Feb 1953

[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...

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Amos Brown
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Amos Brown

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1953]

Survey of English Dialects informant, Amos Brown, standing in the doorway of his home in Cuxham (Oxfordshire). A horseshoe is nailed to the wall above the door. The dating of this photograph is based ...

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Sound Recordings, England

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s/1960s]

Compilation of extracts from field recordings made as part of the Survey of English Dialects. These extracts were copied from gramophone disc recordings, with announcements by Stanley Ellis . A spea...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire

Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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Sound Recording, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Bill Stevenson, recorded in Carleton on the 1 February 1963; talks about his upbringing in Carleton; his father; pig keeping and killing for Christmas; diet; local school; Mischief Night and pranks de...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

James Gledhill, recorded in Golcar; talks about working in a woollen cloth textile mill - processes, differences between spinning/producing woollen and worsted materials; leisure time, including a des...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Oswald Jacques, recorded in Grassington [?in 1963]; [recording takes place in a farm building]; Mr. Jacques describes the parts of a cow stall; talks about cows calving, premature/dead calves; luck st...

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Sound Recordings, Devon and Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Stanley Ellis announcement]; Samuel Snell, recorded on his farm in Swimbridge; talks about the bad winter of 1962/1963; farming sheep and beef bullocks; Devon Closewool [sheep breed]; discuss sheep f...

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