Survey of English Dialects recording in Gooderstone, Norfolk

[Side 1] Jeff talks briefly about military service with Royal Engineers in World War 1, volunteered as ARP warden during World War 2, describes occasion when peat fires took hold during maneouvres on Foulden Common, recalls son waking him on return from dance as fires had spread and were visible at night, describes how fire brigades from Methwold and Swaffham took two days to extinguish fire, recalls people from Methwold cutting 'turf' [= peat] and selling it locally from 'tumbrel' [= dung-cart] for use as fuel, recalls mother baking bread using 'hangover-oven' [= apparatus for standing pot/kettle over open fire] heated by turf. [Side 2] Jeff talks briefly about military service with Royal Engineers in World War 1, volunteered as ARP warden during World War 2, describes occasion when peat fires took hold during maneouvres on Foulden Common, recalls son waking him on return from dance as fires had spread and were visible at night, describes how fire brigades from Methwold and Swaffham took two days to extinguish fire, recalls people from Methwold cutting 'turf' [= peat] and selling it locally from 'tumbrel' [= dung-cart] for use as fuel, recalls mother baking bread using 'hangover-oven' [= apparatus for standing pot/kettle over open fire] heated by turf.