Survey of English Dialects recording in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire

Description

[Side 1] Phipps talks about family (one of of 14 children, 4 still alive) and living at Red Lion and thatched cottage opposite, recalls accompamying father making deliveries from Oxford, describes regular route and stopping points incl. Kidlington, Thrupp, Shipton (Shipton-on-Cherwell), Castle (Sturdy's Castle pub), Tackley, Old Man Leys, Rousham Gap, Barton Lodge and Hopcroft's Holt often taking 5 hours, explains how he would deliver groceries, paper, parcels etc. then run across fields to catch up with cart along route. [Side 2] Phipps recalls delivering parcels to party at North Aston, describes having to feel his way along hedge and rails as lights from house not visible in fog, comments only knew nature and size of load on arrival at Oxford, mentions occasional need for trace-horse esp. in winter when conditions were difficult on untarmacked roads, recalls riding trace-horse back from Britannia (pub) in Thrupp one Saturday after bad snowfall.

Metadata

Identifier hbwxqzdp
IRN 726612
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D233
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hbwxqzdp
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 11 Jul 1953
Size and Medium [Side 1] 05 min. 13 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 13 sec.

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