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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6
Helliwell, Frank (1868-)2
Institute of Early Childhood Development2
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Barker, Mrs Sarah Ann1
Claughton, Mr R. Mick1
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Green, George1

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; George Green, recorded in Haddenham on the 28 July 1975. A second male is also present, who asks some questions and provides general information. Talk of a local tale teller;...

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Sound Recordings, [Italy]

Institute of Early Childhood Development

[1970s]

This is the third of four Italian tapes in the 'Multicultural Cassette Series: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Young Children', produced by Gwenda Davey and recorded by Norman O'Conner (Victoria: Instit...

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Sound Recordings, [Macedonia]

Institute of Early Childhood Development

[1970s]

This is the first of two Macedonian tapes in the 'Multicultural Cassette Series: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Young Children', produced by Gwenda Davey and recorded by Norman O'Conner (Victoria: Inst...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Harry Lowe, recorded in Stretham on the 24 July 1975; talks about food and the cost of living; working on a carrier's cart to Cambridge; farm labourers' wages; being an appre...

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Jokes, Rhymes and Language

1969-1979

This file includes a mounted newspaper article from the 'Yorkshire Post'(19 November 1979), on children's jokes and Sandra McCosh's fieldwork collecting jokes from schoolchildren in Leeds for her M.A....

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Dialect recording in Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

Apr 1939

[Side 1] Sarah Ann tells series of anecdotes incl. man who fell ill after using wife's 'bust developer'; Frank recalls seeing cock-fighting in past. [Side 2] Frank, Sarah Ann and Mrs. Barker in conver...

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Dialect recording in Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

Apr 1939

[Side 1] Speakers demonstrate local pronunciation of Keelam Heights, discuss Chartist Meetings at Basin Stones (1842), recall local characters and all night sessions playing dominoes and cards at ale ...

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Dialect recording in Croft, Lancashire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

11 Apr 1939

[Side 1] Description of friend's wedding, playing bowls after too much champagne and whisky, anecdotes about local characters. [Side 2] Conversation about threshing by hand, winnowing machines, introd...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[November 1966]

[Announcement]; Mr. R. M. Claughton, recorded in Askrigg; collector introduces Mr. Claughton, who goes on to describe the building of a dry stone wall - selection of stones, courses and terminology; t...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...

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Sound Recording, County Durham

Upton, Clive S; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

5 June 1974

[Announcement: Clive Upton]; Herbert Hodgson, recorded at home in Bishop Middleham; discusses with Harold Orton playing football for Bowburn ; attending Byers Green school from the age of five; discus...

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