Survey of English Dialects recording in Eynsham, Oxfordshire
Description
[Side 1] Mrs. Newman compares stretcher-bearers carrying coffin to churchyard in past and use of hearse now, lists village activities incl. Women's Institute, comments on deline of Mother's Union, mentions football club and youth club. [Side 2] Mrs. Newman recalls witnessing chimney sweep climb own chimney in past, describes apparatus used to cook over open fire, recalls mother cooking stew, mentions courtship at blacksmith's shop, talks about milking cows and helping with foaling and calving during and immediately after war.
Metadata
| Identifier | qks9w6lh |
| IRN | 726614 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D235 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/qks9w6lh |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 12 Jun 1952 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 03 min. 33 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 08 sec. |