Dialect recording in Thornton, Yorkshire

[Side 1] Irvine recalls working aged 10 on local farm scaring birds, discusses father's work at quarry, describes how father used to 'reckon up' [= calculate] wages for fellow workers, talks about wages and typical work 'hewing' [= cutting] flags, recalls taking dinner to father at quarry during school break, mentions walking stick father made from shaft of church organ. [Side 2] Irvine tells anecdote about his father window-tapping and dropping loaf of bread down chimney in response to hearing man praying for food, recalls local merchant selling wet yeast and skimmed milk door-to-door for home baking, comments father was always able to 'addle' [= earn] extra money, remembers food shortage during particularly severe winter and uncle's delivery of essential groceries.