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Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Sam tells series of anecdotes incl. his efforts to trace descendants of local man sent to Botany Bay, describes trip by locals to Belle Vue (former zoo). [Side 2] Sam tells series of anecdote incl. local woman who only knew husband by nickname, local man who frequently knelt to pray in street, workhouse inmate shifting stones from A to B and back again, local blind pianist, briefly mentions donkey/pony races held locally in past. (NB. Sam frequently uses archaic dialect forms incl. e.g. 'aks' [= ask] and 'hoo' [= she]).

  • Date range: 03 Feb 1956
  • Date: 1956
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 23:17
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 23:18