Survey of English Dialects
Sutton Benger, Wiltshire
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Type
sound
Duration
00:06:03
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/21
Recording date
1960
Recording locations
Sutton Benger, Wiltshire: OS Grid Reference(394500,178500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Wright, John (male, interviewer)
Speakers
Orchard, Bill (b.1877, male, farm labourer), Tyler, Bill (b.1893, male, carter)
Description
Bill talks about his school days and his work on the farm and recalls an occasion where he was tricked into buying a donkey at an auction. Kington Langley is a village just to the southwest of Sutton Benger. Woodbine is a proprietary name for a brand of cheap cigarettes.
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Sutton Benger, Wiltshire
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