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Survey of English Dialects recording in Wark, Northumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
12 Feb 1953
[Side 1] Anty talks about reserves of limestone, ironstone and coal locally despite lack of mining, extolls virtue of fresh lime straight from 'kill' [= kiln] for farming, recalls Consett man praising...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Coniston, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Jun 1954
[Side 1] Boss and Tom talk about being recorded for the Survey, discuss previous night's visit by fieldworker. [Side 2] Boss and Tom share memories of quarrying and work in copper mine, anecdotes abou...
Dialect recording in Haggate, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
26 Feb 1954
[Side 1] Albert talks about his family, describes great-grandfather's and great-uncle's work as gamekeeper and 'water-watcher' [= water-bailiff] catching poachers, recalls 'laking' [= playing] out, me...
Dialect recording in Crossland Hill, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard
07 Jan 1954
[Side 1] Brook talks about work as quarryman, finding 'right' [= good] seam, stresses benefit of placement of crane to remove 'muck' without need for wagons, explains building of wall to hold 'muck' b...
Dialect recording in Thornton, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
28 May 1957
[Side 1] Irvine recalls working aged 10 on local farm scaring birds, discusses father's work at quarry, describes how father used to 'reckon up' [= calculate] wages for fellow workers, talks about wag...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Swettenham, Cheshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Oct 1957
[Side 1] Wilf tells anecdote about stonemason visiting mill and breaking chisel trying to carve initials in millstone, recalls millstream flooding in 1954, describes difference between milling oats an...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter
[1960-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La1-5 and 5La8-10. The original Stanley Ellis recordings were made March to June 1954, and Peter Wrig...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter
[1966-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...
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...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Northumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1950s]
Irvine Brooksbank, recorded in Thornton in May 1957; talks about the house in which he was born; working as a farm lad scaring birds; the farmer he worked for; local quarries and his father book keepi...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Essex
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Berntsen, Howard N
[1950s-1960s]
Irvine Brooksbank, recorded in Thornton in May 1957; talks about Thornton village; anecdotes re. local people; quarryworkers (including his father); family's connection with the village; family nickna...