Dialect recording in Newcastle upon Tyne

Description

[Side 1] Bob recites reading passage about 'wor Susie' in Newcastle dialect; Harry recalls father's uncle, Bob Bagnall, drowning while rowing on Tyne; Jonny recalls winner of rowing race drowning after hitting head on rollocks; discussion of sideshows at recent 'moor' [= Hoppings Fair]. [Side 2] Discussion about working in Newcastle incl. doing various jobs; anecdote about man with two wooden legs at Quayside.

Metadata

Identifier smtkdqkf
IRN 726794
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/1/D18
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/smtkdqkf
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold, Lenihan, J M A
Date 29 Jun 1939
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 34 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 22 sec.

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