Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire

Description

[Side 1] Mrs. Earnshaw recalls cleaning fire-grate, emptying ash-hole and black-leading grate in past, brief conversation about health and eyesight. [Side 2] Mrs. Earnshaw describes starting work 'piecening' [= rejoining broken threads in spinning mill] aged ten, worked as half-timer till left school aged thirteen, talks briefly about father's long day as mason, describes family, compares cost of living now and in past.

Metadata

Identifier g2zw5j2v
IRN 726686
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D307
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/g2zw5j2v
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Dyson, B Ronald
Date Sep 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 03 min. 58 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 21 sec.

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