Survey of English Dialects recording in Lutton, Lincolnshire
Description
[Side 1] Dick and Jinnie recall early married life and houses in village they have lived in, Jinnie comments got married with only shilling to their name and still has receipt for first furniture. [Side 2] Dick discusses successive land reclamation schemes, talks about completion of most recent reclamation of c. 2000 acres for farm land, recalls German WW1 POWs completing one dyke, comments bulldozers now replaced 'navvies' [= manual construction worker], talks briefly about receding tides. Note: Recording date 1952-01-08 noted by ear, 1952-01-15 written on lacquer disc label.
Metadata
| Identifier | br4fgf72 |
| IRN | 726717 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D345 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/br4fgf72 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 08 Jan 1952 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 02 min. 29 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 24 sec. |