Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Billy and John remember white vixen and cubs being presented by Lord Armstrong to Edinburgh Zoo, discuss poaching and trout fishing in River Coquet. [Side 2] Billy and John talk about local industrialist Lord Armstrong (1st Baron Armstrong, 1810-1900), describe his pioneering inventions, incl. installing hydroelectric power at Cragside and producing rifles and shells. John recalls his grandfather refusing to sell house to Armstrong.

Metadata

Identifier r925wqcq
IRN 726822
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/1/D46
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/r925wqcq
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold
Date 16 Mar 1939
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 19 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 02 sec.

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