Dialect recording in Newcastle upon Tyne

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

[Side 1] Bob recites reading passage about 'wor Susie' in Newcastle dialect; Harry recalls father's uncle, Bob Bagnall, drowning while rowing on Tyne; Jonny recalls winner of rowing race drowning after hitting head on rollocks; discussion of sideshows at recent 'moor' [= Hoppings Fair]. [Side 2] Discussion about working in Newcastle incl. doing various jobs; anecdote about man with two wooden legs at Quayside.

• Date range: 29 Jun 1939
• Date: 1939
• Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
• Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D18