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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
11 September 1976
[Collector announcement]; Mrs. Weatherill and daughter Linda, recorded at home in Ainthorpe. Mrs. W. sings 'My Grandfather's Clock', 'Farmer's Boy' and one verse of 'Springtime in the Rockies'; talks ...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
Frank Raw, recorded at home in Danby with his wife, talks about the village; the decline of the young population and job opportunities in the Yorkshire Dales; changes in farming methods (mechanisation...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
1975
Bernard Hurst, recorded at home in Wincham, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; revival of the gang c. 1947-1948, developed from Antrobus Youth Club; origins of the custom; soul...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Two males, recorded in Filey in 1962 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A563r. Date when this copy tape made not known]; in conversation about Filey - changes in transport provisions, local preacher, coble...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
1975
Wilf Isherwood [David Goulburn also present], recorded in January 1975 at home in Antrobus, talks about soul-caking and how Antrobus acquired the horse's head - taken from the Hatton gang in 1920, fol...
Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Hunt, Jean
24 Sep 1956
[Side 1] Sam and Jack talk about the local area, various people who have lived there and how it has changed over time. [Side 2] Sam and Jack in conversation about local characters, compare youngsters ...
Sound Recordings, Somerset and Gloucestershire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1950s]
Compilation of extracts from field recordings made as part of the Survey of English Dialects. Informant from Stogumber talks about cidermaking - factories and modern changes, the price of apples, c...
Sound Recordings, Dorset
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Spiller of Broadwindsor talks about farming; milking cows; hedging and the decline in the numbers of hedgers; farm horses and ploughing; weeding corn; haymaking; women labourers; informant's famil...
Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
24 Sep 1956
[Side 1] Sam and Jack talk about daily life in past, incl. pawn shops, street vendors, fire at Hooley Bridge, opening of working men's club, wages and hours in mill, 1893 union strike. [Side 2] Sam an...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Morris, Patricia M
[September 1981]
Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; gives biographical details (born in the Bramley area of Leeds); recollections of baptism as a child; family; other Bramley families; Bra...
Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees
Schrut, Judith Lynne
January 1977
Foodways: Brenda Conway, recorded in Thornaby, talks about making cheese and potato pie (learned from her mother); recording of informant making the dish in her kitchen; biographical details of the in...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
18 March 1976
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary'; talks about personal changes in employment after World War Two, and his move away from f...