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
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[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
- Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
- Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D288
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/34880
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