Survey of English Dialects
Parracombe, Devon
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Type
sound
Duration
00:07:13
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/29
Recording date
1958
Recording locations
Parracombe, Devon: OS Grid Reference(266500,144500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Wright, John (male, SED fieldworker)
Speakers
Smythe, Ernest Arthur (b.1882, male, retired mill & brewery worker)
Description
Arthur recalls the 1953 flood and talks about the local hunt. Chapman Barrows (just to the southeast of Parracombe) refers to a hill, Exford (to the southeast) is a nearby village and Lynmouth (to the northwest) the nearest town.
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