Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Jane and George talk about Rothbury Races, recall year bridge collapsed and horse called Sultan breaking its neck, discuss forthcoming races and hope for decent weather, describe watching races in snowstorms, reminisce about making own entertainment in past. [Side 2] George remembers buying fishing tackle from Jane's shop to go trout fishing; Jane reads from letter describing Rothbury Tansy [= Shrovetide Feast] in past.

Metadata

Identifier cg14pnfs
IRN 726819
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/1/D43
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cg14pnfs
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold
Date Mar 1939
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 05 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 32 sec.

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