Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire

Description

[Side 1] Mrs. Earnshaw talks about local ironworks, recalls lighting fire in past with flint and baking bread in front of fire, remembers eating 'tea-cake' [= bread roll] with brother when working at mill. [Side 2] Mrs. Earnshaw describes home made tea-cakes, recalls going to magic lantern shows on Saturday afternoons, discusses benefits of clogs over modern boots, lists ingredients for mother's 'parkin' [= type of gingerbread cake] 'currant pasty' and 'jam pasty' [= currant/jam pastry], demonstrates mother's pronunciation of 'sugar'.

Metadata

Identifier w99r17sf
IRN 726687
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D308
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/w99r17sf
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Dyson, B Ronald
Date Sep 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 06 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 07 sec.

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