Survey of English Dialects recording in Haltwhistle, Northumberland

[Side 1] Ned tells series of anecdotes about horses, recalls horse stumbling while carting stones from Lees Hall quarry, describes journey to Hindleysteel over old fell road, winning several races with chestnut horse, remembers accident with horse-drawn bus near Keswick. [Side 2] Ned describes special relationship he built up with one particular horse, recalls brother taking horse out with load of manure, returning hour later pale and shaken, horse 'nickering' [= neighing], nearly bumped into wagon load of hay for 'jerry horses' [= quarry horses], horse knew Ned not driver from different position of reins, recalls another time when cow 'picked calf' [= aborted calf] at Hardon Hill and horse became so disturbed it refused to 'hank on' [= fasten on] and Ned had to walk him home, briefly discusses remedies for avoiding losing calves.