Survey of English Dialects recording in Cartmel, Lancashire

Description

[Side 1] Tom talks about his early working life, remembers running away from first farm, explains use of traps to catch 'mouldy' [= mole], stoats and weasels, recalls long hours 'livering' [ = delivering] to Kendal. [Side 2] Tom tells anecdote of falling off old horse trying to jump gate, recollections of severe winters, remembers skating on Windermere as boy instead of 'gaeing' [= going] to Sunday School.

Metadata

Identifier nd4c1fqx
IRN 726867
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D102
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nd4c1fqx
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Ellis, Stanley
Date 05 Jun 1954
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 39 sec., [Side 2] 02 min. 41 sec.

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