Survey of English Dialects recording in Stewkley, Buckinghamshire
Description
[Side 1] Sid compares quality of water now and well water in past, recalls water rationing during drought of 1921, discusses local springs, talks about straw used to weave straw hats. [Side 2] Sid describes regular chore as child splitting bundles of straw for plaiting into straw hats, talks briefly about hardship endured by father when younger.
Metadata
| Identifier | ckd3d1lk |
| IRN | 726616 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D237 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ckd3d1lk |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | Jan 1958 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 06 min. 29 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 53 sec. |