Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Description
[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks of a visit from a Yorkshireman, who discussed dialect with him; playing cricket; working life in mines, quarries and on the railway; turnpike roads; hedging; personal health; involvement with the Chapel and Sunday School; family; changes in the cost of living; changes in the village; reference to moon exploration. [Tr. 4] [Collector announcement]; William Strick, recorded in St Buryan on the 30 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks about working on a dairy farm; butter; the cost of living, past and present compared; agricultural wages and the benefits of farmwork (provision of cottage, free milk and vegetables); working overtime; changes in purchasing power; working from the age of eight, with his father - cleaning turnips, picking potatoes; working with cattle, horses and pigs; modern interference with food; pig keeping; improvements in farming (working hours). [Tr. 5]
Metadata
| Identifier | sycd32tp |
| IRN | 414862 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A811r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/sycd32tp |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley, Wakelin, Martyn F |
| Date | March 1963 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 39' 57". |