Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

[Side 1] Conversation about local character, Jimmy the Child, anecdote about Jimmy catching rats in 'midden' [= ash-pit/dung heap] and showing them off in pub in exchange for beer, anecdote about late night drinking before Hexham races when Jimmy was found next morning lying on village green 'tight' = [drunk]; John Larney briefly describes his work as lorry driver and general labourer. [Side 2] Conversation about Stamfordham fair, recall cattle markets on village green, discussion about village characters of past, incl. Geordie, Tommy Burton and Old Jack.

• Date range: 05 Apr 1939
• Date: 1939
• Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
• Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D54