Dialect recording in Haggate, Lancashire
Description
[Side 1] Albert talks about his family, describes great-grandfather's and great-uncle's work as gamekeeper and 'water-watcher' [= water-bailiff] catching poachers, recalls 'laking' [= playing] out, mentions he lived with uncle during school term, talks briefly about breeding pigs, comments he knew everybody in Haggate in past. [Side 2] Albert talks about methods and techniques of quarrying, explains different layers, incl. shale, flags and 'random' [= hard seam used on roads/paving], comments local quarries closed due to increased use of concrete.
Metadata
| Identifier | lflxnzsd |
| IRN | 726874 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D109 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/lflxnzsd |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 26 Feb 1954 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 07 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 49 sec. |