Dialect recording in Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne

Description

[Side 1] Jocker describes experience as miner, started aged 14 with pit ponies, then stonework, talks about mining before mechanisation, explains importance of oil lamp. [Side 2] Jocker discusses daily safety checks in mine, describes procedure for using electric drill to prepare holes for blasting. Continued at 1LL0015117 S1.

Metadata

Identifier p21ryh4z
IRN 726755
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D383
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/p21ryh4z
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 15 Nov 1953
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 14 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 36 sec.

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