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home6
home economics6
community life5
food4
play4
occupations3
agriculture2
baked products2
buildings2
communication2

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Herdman, Madge2
Herdman, William2
Lenihan, J M A2
Baker, Alice1
Baker, Charles Albert1
Holmes, Amy1
Hull, Wally1
Johnson, Cissie (1910-)1
Johnson, Eleanor1

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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...

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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

21 Jul 1938

[Side 1] Recipe for gooseberry chutney, jams, tarts, discussion of films showing at local 'pictures' [= cinema], comparison of daily chores, plans for forthcoming carnival, including playing in ladies...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

07 Jun 1939

[Side 1] Mrs. Ritson and Madge discuss embroidery for church bazaar, compare hand sewing with machine sewing, mention range of home-baked breads and cakes available at bazaar. [Side 2] William and Mad...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

07 Jun 1939

[Side 1] William and Madge compare share of domestic chores, incl. work in garden, sewing, darning and washing. [Side 2] Amy and Madge discuss attending ARP [=Air Raid Precautions] meetings, describe ...

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Moody, Frederick William

1950

A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...

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