Sound Recording, Northumberland

Description

[Announcement: probably recorded by Stanley Ellis in 1961 when he returned to check certain responses.]; Willie Pitt, retired farmworker and waggoner recorded in Embleton; talks about a recent shipwreck on the coast near Dunstanburgh Castle; recollections of shipwrecks in the past; Polish and Russian trawlers; the villages of Craster and Embleton; Craster kippers; dialect words (based on Survey of English Dialects questions); Berwick Cycling Club and riding penny farthings; schooling (aged 6-13); modern education.

Metadata

Identifier hpb9t82s
IRN 414812
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A761r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hpb9t82s
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Ellis, Stanley
Date April 1961
Size and Medium 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 14' 16".

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