Dialect recording in Delph, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] Male speaker tells anecdote about attending family funeral, recalls riding in first coach with uncle, describes burial ceremony incl. repeated delays to dig bigger hole for coffin, recalls family dispute after reading of will at Royal Oak. [Side 2] Brief conversation about typical clothes worn in past, talk about Methodist church and mention own roles as Sunday school teachers, recall having to ensure courtship met approval of strict parents, brief discussion of wedding and choir.
Metadata
| Identifier | xndgf5ls |
| IRN | 726735 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D363 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xndgf5ls |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 11 Nov 1956 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 47 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 47 sec. |