Dialect recording in Holdenby, Northamptonshire

[Side 1] Mr Manning compares cost of living now and in past, recalls having skimmed milk direct from farmer, comments could buy sheep's head, heart and 'lights' [= lung] for 6d to feed family, talks briefly about keeping pig and making home-cured bacon, recalls local farmer buying 'dilling' [= runt/weakling of litter] and rearing it successfully to weigh 18 score. [Side 2] Mr Manning talks about first job aged 11 scaring crows with clackers, discusses first adult wages, worked as gardener for 20 years before enlisting for World War 1.