Sound Recordings, England
Description
Compilation of extracts from field recordings made as part of the Survey of English Dialects. These extracts were copied from gramophone disc recordings, with announcements by Stanley Ellis . A speaker from Brigham (Cumberland) talks about a swarm of bees. [Tr. 3] A speaker from Wearhead (County Durham) talks about weather forecasting. [Tr. 4] A speaker from Eccleston (Lancashire) talks about mechanisation and the decline of the coal mining industry. [Tr. 5] A speaker from Welwick (East Riding of Yorkshire) describes the process of making bread. [Tr. 6] Mr. Gledhill from Golcar (West Yorkshire) talks about visits to Blackpool, new clothes at Whitsun and travelling to Huddersfield. [Tr. 7] A speaker from Wragby (Lincolnshire) talks about ploughing with horses, reaping and binding. [Tr. 8] A speaker from Lapley (Staffordshire) describes how to lay a hedge. [Tr. 9] A speaker from Sulgrave (Northamptonshire) talks about parish relief. [Tr. 10] A speaker from Mendlesham Green (Suffolk) talks about crops, harvesting and the use of a scud winder in securing a haystack. [Tr. 11] A speaker from Horam (East Sussex) talks about cutting and binding straw. [Tr. 12] A speaker from Kingston (Dorset) talks about ploughing with horses; reaping and mowing; binding. [Tr. 13] A speaker from Altarnun (Cornwall) talks about road mending. [Tr. 14]
Metadata
| Identifier | nj57z52n |
| IRN | 414688 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A637r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nj57z52n |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | [1950s/1960s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 22' 38". |