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english language - dialects8
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mines and mineral resources2
occupations2
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clothing and dress1
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Beaver, John1
Dawson, Betty1
Dawson, John1
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)1
Hinchcliffe, Frank1
Needham, Bill1
Nettle, Joy1
Russell, Ian1

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Tradition and Belief in Industrial Communities: A Comparative Study of Middlesbrough and Some Durham Mining Villages

Woodall, Carole W

1965

An examination and comparison of the folklore of people living in Middlesbrough and Durham, based on fieldwork interviews in the homes and workplace of steelworkers (including a visit in 1964 to the w...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

October 1971

Assembled company and soloists singing in the Rose and Crown pub, Ingbirchworth , 16 October 1971. The soloists are Betty Dawson, Bill Needhamand John Beaver. John Dawson accompanies on the piano. [Tr...

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 14

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 14: Clothing. Includes questions VI.14.1 Bonnet - VI.14.13 Trousers/Breeches.

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Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 2

1951-1972

This file contains 'Some Acoustic Difference between Educated Australian and General American Dialects', by T. D. Hanley and Moya Landsberg Andrews, offprinted from 'Phonetica', volume 17, number 4 (1...

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The Living Dialect of Farndon

Nettle, Joy

1973

A study of the dialect spoken in Farndon in Cheshire, based on interviews with one male informant, Lloyd Davies.

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Tape Recording Transcriptions

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

1968-1976

Originally housed in a file labelled Transcriptions of M.R. for St./Db. RLS. + Miscellaneous Transcriptions. Includes typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants from audio-rec...

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Cheshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter; Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1951-1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cheshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were reco...

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Tape Recording Transcriptions

1956-1970

Typed transcriptions of Anglo-Manx ( Isle of Man) dialect ( Michael Barry, 1966) and East Yorkshire dialect ( John Widdowson, 1970). Also typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) infor...

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