Survey of English Dialects recording in Gooderstone, Norfolk

Description

[Side 1] Jeff talks briefly about military service with Royal Engineers in World War 1, volunteered as ARP warden during World War 2, describes occasion when peat fires took hold during maneouvres on Foulden Common, recalls son waking him on return from dance as fires had spread and were visible at night, describes how fire brigades from Methwold and Swaffham took two days to extinguish fire, recalls people from Methwold cutting 'turf' [= peat] and selling it locally from 'tumbrel' [= dung-cart] for use as fuel, recalls mother baking bread using 'hangover-oven' [= apparatus for standing pot/kettle over open fire] heated by turf. [Side 2] Jeff talks briefly about military service with Royal Engineers in World War 1, volunteered as ARP warden during World War 2, describes occasion when peat fires took hold during maneouvres on Foulden Common, recalls son waking him on return from dance as fires had spread and were visible at night, describes how fire brigades from Methwold and Swaffham took two days to extinguish fire, recalls people from Methwold cutting 'turf' [= peat] and selling it locally from 'tumbrel' [= dung-cart] for use as fuel, recalls mother baking bread using 'hangover-oven' [= apparatus for standing pot/kettle over open fire] heated by turf.

Metadata

Identifier bg91pj3b
IRN 726591
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D212
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bg91pj3b
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 04 Jun 1957
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 47 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 25 sec.

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