Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Conversation about 'mushel' [= mussel] fishing, discussion of preparations for following morning, comments about poor quality of mushels recently, nothing but 'clarts' [= mud]. [Side 2] Explanation of navigation in dark by compass, discussion of stormy weather that morning, good catch but lucky to get home, lifeboat struggled to launch.

Metadata

Identifier yy87k264
IRN 726851
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D086
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/yy87k264
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold, Ellis, Stanley
Date 17 Sep 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 56 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 39 sec.

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