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Sound Recordings, England
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)
[1960s]
Compilation of extracts from field recordings made between 1953 and 1959 as part of the Survey of English Dialects, dubbed and edited from gramophone disc copies by Reg Ross of the University of Leeds...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
27 Oct - 07 Nov 1952
Side 1 recording in Pateley Bridge. Side 2 recording in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. [Side 1] Mrs. Hesselden talks about baking bread, lists ingredients incl. flour, 'lile' [= little] bit of yeast and lard,...
Sound Recordings, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1950s]
Male informant, recorded in Therfield; talks about ploughing with horses; the self-binder; horse-driven threshing machine; storing corn, and selling at [?Royston] Corn Exchange; taking wheat to mill f...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Wally Hull, recorded at Little Downham on the 15 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A672r]; talks about winter weather; skating and champion skaters; his work as a postm...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Strickland, Westmorland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Jul 1955
[Side 1] Bill describes his 'byre' [= cow-shed] and talks about measures to prevent premature birth of calves, cleaning muck out to 'midden' [= muck heap], recalls introduction of regular testing and ...
Sound Recordings, Berkshire, Surrey, Essex and West Sussex
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959
[Collector announcement]; Charles Allen, recorded in West Ilsley; talks about ploughing with horses; ploughing with tractors; compares past and present; describes a working day on the farm; the villag...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
1971-1973
Ken White in conversation in his home in Sheffield , 24 October 1971. Talk of family and childhood, and four songs. [Tr. 1] Albert Broadhead and Bernard Broadhead recorded in one of their homes, in ...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1960-1961
Oscar Croot and Mrs. Oscar Croot, recorded in Riseley in 1960; Mr. Croot describes making leaded windows - transporting and fitting, geographical area covered, costs and estimates of work; describes t...