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Survey of English Dialects recording in Handley, Dorset

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Handley, Dorset
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Charlie compares harvesting now and in past, tells series of anecdotes about poaching incl. using catapult to kill/stun hare, fox and backbird, talks about threshing by hand, describes horse-drawn threshing machine used in past. [Side 2] Charlie reflects on changes in farming locally, tells anecdote about call-up for World War 1 and doctor's examination, mentions father died shortly after his birth so brought up by uncle, comments still helps occasionally on nephew's farm e.g. trimming hedges.

  • Date range: Dec 1956
  • Date: 1956
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 19:53
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 19:54