Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire

Description

[Side 1] Sam and Jack tell series of anecdotes about local characters, recall bets and dares, memories of pranks on bonfire night, cost of alcohol in past. [Side 2] Sam and Jack recall warm ale and food served by public houses on special occasions in past, tell anecdotes about local characters, incl. local amateur poet, memories of 'courting' [= dating].

Metadata

Identifier r635xmjn
IRN 726879
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D114
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/r635xmjn
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Ellis, Stanley
Date 24 Sep 1956
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 45 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 46 sec.

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