Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Conversation between Joseph, Henry and Jack (mainly inaudible). [Side 2] Edward and John describe working conditions at Acomb Colliery, discuss coal face, fore-shift and back-shift, water in shaft, removal of pillars, longwall system; provide examples of local pronunciations: 'walk', 'know', 'Acomb', 'call'.

Metadata

Identifier zlzhxyts
IRN 726800
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/1/D24
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zlzhxyts
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold, Lenihan, J M A
Date 27 Jun 1939
Size and Medium [Side 1] 03 min. 20 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 21 sec.

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