Survey of English Dialects
Golcar, Yorkshire
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Type
sound
Duration
00:05:17
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/10
Recording date
1974
Recording locations
Golcar, Yorkshire: OS Grid Reference(410500,416500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (b.1926
Speakers
unidentified (male)
Description
The unidentified speaker summarises the types of work undertaken in the mills and the leisure pursuits that were popular amongst the workers, most notably cricket, bowls and knur and spell. Slaithwaite is a village just to the southwest and Kirkburton a village to the east of Golcar .
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