Dialect recording in Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Description

[Side 1] Speakers demonstrate local pronunciation of Keelam Heights, discuss Chartist Meetings at Basin Stones (1842), recall local characters and all night sessions playing dominoes and cards at ale house, talk about cock-fighting for wagers in past. [Side 2] Frank describes his former role of Tosspot in the Todmorden Pace Egging play (unplayable by current technological means).

Metadata

Identifier frzq4wsf
IRN 726823
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/1/D47
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/frzq4wsf
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold
Date Apr 1939
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 20 sec.

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