Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire

Audio (Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire)
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Audio (Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire)
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Original object type: Artefact
Title: Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Description:
[Side 1] Sam and Jack talk about daily life in past, incl. pawn shops, street vendors, fire at Hooley Bridge, opening of working men's club, wages and hours in mill, 1893 union strike. [Side 2] Sam and Jack talk about 1893 union strike, reflect on changes in Heywood, describe celebrations for South Africa War victories, recall crowds at Bury Football Club, compare life now and in past, discuss attitudes to authority in past.
Date range: 24 Sep 1956
Date: 1956