Sound Recordings, Lancashire and North Yorkshire
Description
Mr. Exley, recorded in Colne (Lancashire), talks about his hobby collecting country stories; dialect in country humour; relates stories concerning a vicar and a villager, a farmer and a late farmworker; Viking/Nordic influence on Northern England (Lancashire/Yorkshire) dialect and placenames; lists Norse-influenced dialect words; story of Old Jackson of Arncliffe; story re. doctor/patient misunderstanding; old lady at Masham; doctor visiting old lady; Yorkshire sayings; anecdote re. Bishop of Bradford at Gunnerside; anecdote re. J. B. Priestley; anecdote re. coffin carrying in Swaledale; further anecdotes and sayings illustrating Dales' humour and practical jokes. [Tr. 4] Mr. Weatherhead and George Coates, recorded in How Stean (North Yorkshire), tell a number of stories and anecdotes illustrating Yorkshire dialect and humour. [Tr. 5] 1 of 9.
Metadata
| Identifier | zrgkf7dn |
| IRN | 414287 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A238r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zrgkf7dn |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Cook, Catherine |
| Date | 1970-1971 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 44' 13". |