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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

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

    [Side 1] Joseph and Henry remember taking goods train home from Bellingham with Scotsman and not understanding a word; anecdotes about leisure time in past. [Side 2] Joseph and Albert recite old saying 'five old wives of Acomb'; rendition of children's song, 'My father died a month ago and left me all his riches ...'.; bemoan lack of traditional singing and dancing.

  • Date range: 11 Jul 1939
  • Date: 1939
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 22:01
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 22:02