Survey of English Dialects recording in Chirbury, Shropshire

Description

[Side 1] Joe recalls childhood pastimes, compares village school now and in past, talks about father's work as woodman, reflects on wages to bring up nine children, describes killing and curing pig, remembers hanging hams up chimney and mother baking bread. [Side 2] Joe talks about mother's home baking, remembers using wood ash in garden, describes how to make home-brewed beer, briefly discusses local public houses.

Metadata

Identifier sqr2dld5
IRN 726923
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D158
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/sqr2dld5
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Ellis, Stanley
Date Jan 1955
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 55 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 00 sec.

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