Survey of English Dialects recording in All Stretton, Shropshire
Description
[Side 1] Jack talks about tax levied on smallholdings during war, recalls severe winter of 1947, comments no compensation for loss of sheep, describes elderly neighbour and family, memories of village school and childhood. [Side 2] Jack recalls buying first sheep, describes typical year in sheep farming, remembers hiring pair of horses out to neighbours for ploughing, discusses traditional implements and techniques used to 'pleach' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge] hedge.
Metadata
| Identifier | x26q4nn7 |
| IRN | 726924 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D159 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/x26q4nn7 |
| 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] 04 min. 48 sec. |