Survey of English Dialects recording in Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Thomas describes in detail how to make cartwheel, explains components, incl. 'nave' [= wooden block at centre of wheel to which spokes are attached and through which axle runs], spokes, 'felly' [= section of wooden rim], shoulders, 'hoop' [= iron rim round wheel] and 'bush' [= metal lining in which axle sits]. [Side 2] Thomas describes components of cart, incl. 'cod' [= axle bearing], 'limber' [= cart-shaft] and 'stay' [= cross-beam end], explains distinction between long-cart and 'coup-cart' [= tip-cart], comments only see 'muck-cart' [= dung-cart] now as most vehicles motorised and making traditional cart too expensive, recalls making barrows out of oak or ash.
Metadata
| Identifier | bk9123l5 |
| IRN | 726847 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D082 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bk9123l5 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 21 Mar 1953 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 50 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 39 sec. |