Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Audio (Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland)
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Original object type: Artefact
Title: Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland
Description:
[Side 1] Conversation between Joseph, Henry and Jack (mainly inaudible). [Side 2] Edward and John describe working conditions at Acomb Colliery, discuss coal face, fore-shift and back-shift, water in shaft, removal of pillars, longwall system; provide examples of local pronunciations: 'walk', 'know', 'Acomb', 'call'.
Date range: 27 Jun 1939
Date: 1939