Survey of English Dialects recording in Walton on the Hill, Surrey

Description

[Side 1] Ted recalls shooting buzzard in 1906 which was subsequently mounted and later recorded at Manor House, describes typical year as gamekeekper from rearing to shooting season and rabbiting. [Side 2] Ted talks about ploughing, explains how to set up field to plough one 'veering' [= ridge/interval between two furrows] per 'land' [= one of set of strips into which ploughed field is divided], recalls regularly helping thatch stacks for local farmers.

Metadata

Identifier njvlt7tf
IRN 726655
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D276
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/njvlt7tf
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 10 May 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 02 min. 50 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 05 sec.

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