Survey of English Dialects
Gooderstone, Norfolk
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Type
sound
Duration
00:04:19
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/60
Recording date
1957/06/04
Recording locations
Gooderstone, Norfolk: OS Grid Reference(576500,302500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Francis, W. Nelson (male, SED fieldworker)
Speakers
Shingfield, Jeffrey (b.1890, male, retired farm labourer)
Description
Jeffrey recalls having to deal with peat fires in his role as water warden and describes the use of peat as fuel for ovens. Foulden (just to the south of Gooderstone) and Methwold (to the southwest) are nearby villages. Swaffham is a town just to the northeast.
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Gooderstone, Norfolk
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