Survey of English Dialects
Whiteshilll, Gloucestershire
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Type
sound
Duration
00:04:14
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/57
Recording date
1955/12/12
Recording locations
Whiteshill, Gloucestershire: OS Grid Reference(384500,207500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (b.1926
Speakers
Eliott, William (b.1875, male, retired farm labourer)
Description
William speaks about the hardship of life in his younger days. He describes how people lived off the produce of their gardens and talks about the lack of welfare payments. The original recording appears to have been paused on two occasions.
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Whiteshilll, Gloucestershire
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