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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
  • Description:

    [Side 1] William and Madge compare share of domestic chores, incl. work in garden, sewing, darning and washing. [Side 2] Amy and Madge discuss attending ARP [=Air Raid Precautions] meetings, describe first aid courses and preparations for taking refugee children; compare contemporary domestic life with grandmothers' experience, discuss 'twilting' [= making quilts] and recall 'sewing bees' [= embroidery classes/competitions].

  • Date range: 07 Jun 1939
  • Date: 1939
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 21:51
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 21:52