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Crosland Hill Quarry
Sykes, Donald Richard
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
The quarry face at Crosland Hill (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.
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...
The Living Dialect of the Quarries at Crosland Hill, Near Huddersfield
Sykes, Donald Richard
1954
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Crosland Hill in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, with particular reference to the occupational language associated with its quarrying industry.