Berliner Lautarchiv British & Commonwealth recordings
Middleton, Lancashire
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Type
sound
Duration
00:01:38
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C1315/1/476
Recording date
1916-10-06
Is part of (Collection)
Berliner Lautarchiv British & Commonwealth Recordings
Recording locations
Wahn, Germany
Producers
Berliner Phonographische Kommission
Recordist
Doegen, Wilhelm (male, recordist), Brandl, Alois (male, Professor of English)
Speakers
Sims, Keir, b.1895 (male, cotton mill worker)
Description
Speaker's note: Aged 21 from Middleton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England. Born 12 March 1895 in Middleton. Lived in Middleton until the age of 17 when he became a soldier and was posted to Ireland and Devon. Educated at an elementary school at Middleton. Both parents from Manchester. Can read and write in English. Religion: protestant. Occupation: cotton spinner. Item note: Keir reads the Parable of the Prodigal Son (taken from Luke chapter XV, verse 11-32).
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