Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire
Description
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 1951 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made is not known. [Announcement]; Haigh Howard, recorded at home in Holme; talks with his daughter and a friend about posset (beer and milk) drink taken on Christmas morning; playing a hymn on Christmas morning; making posset, and receiving it in people's houses at Christmas time; other drinks (whiskey/rum, mulled ale). [Tr. 10] [Announcement]; the grandfather of Mrs. Jack Barber, recorded in Holmfirth, talks about the death of a donkey; [announcement]; [indistinct speech]; [announcement]; a mouse in porridge; [announcement]; contretemps on a farm; words for parts of a cow mistall and farm (milking) equipment. [Tr. 11] [Collector announcement]; Wilsey Dyson, a retired miner and weaver, recorded at home in Skelmanthorpe; talks about seeing an apparition; working in a coal mine from the age of twelve; hours and working conditions; wages; describes the coal seam/face and method of coal extraction; talks also about handlooms and the changing balance of industries in the village. [Tr. 12] [Announcement]; Thomas Ludlam, a farmer, recorded in Tickhill; describes haymaking and the thatching of haystacks. [Tr. 13] [Collector announcement]; Sid Smedley, a first-hand steel melter, recorded at home in Sheffield; describes the (electric furnace) steel melting process; sampling (checking component levels); adding lime (slag); refining (adding alloys); teeming and ladling the molten steel. [Tr. 14] [Collector announcement]; John Teare, a farmer and tailor, recorded at home in Andreas; talks about farming; haymaking; the price of tractors; mechanisation; thatching; selling tweed. [Tr. 1] [Collector announcement]; Amanda Crellin, recorded at home in Ronague; describes her house interior; the fire(place); cooking on a griddle; [unidentified]; schooling. [Tr. 2] [Collector announcement]; Arthur Lewis, recorded at home in Kingsley; describes a local road accident; talks about woodworking and learning with his father. [Tr. 3] [Announcement]; Mr. Jackson, a retired farmer, recorded at home in Rainow; talks about a bad winter [?of 1895]; farms in the district; blason populaire rhyme (about Rainow); a bad winter and the effect of snow on the area; local farms and cheesemaking; describes cheesemaking process (part); horses and horse breeding; ploughing. [Tr. 4]
Metadata
| Identifier | cl59pgz2 |
| IRN | 414775 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A724r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cl59pgz2 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dyson, B Ronald, Ellis, Stanley, Barry, Michael V, Siporin, Rae Lee |
| Date | [1965-1980] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 82' 13". |