Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Fred tells series of anecdotes about local characters, Cissie and Fred discuss differences between dialects locally, Fred briefly mentions disputes between rival supporters from Holy Island of Newcastle United and Sunderland at previous night's football match. [Side 2] Cissie and Fred give examples of Holy Island dialect, brief discussion of previous night's football match; Fred tells anecdote of woman who held up postilion in local pub, stole her father's death warrant and went to Edinburgh to seek his pardon.

Metadata

Identifier jbcj2y4r
IRN 726849
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D084
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jbcj2y4r
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold, Ellis, Stanley
Date 18 Sep 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 43 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 47 sec.

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