Survey of English Dialects
Ellington, Northumberland
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:19
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/41
Recording date
1953
Recording locations
Ellington, Northumberland: OS Grid Reference(427500,591500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (male, SED fieldworker)
Speakers
Levison, Bob (b. 1878, male, farm worker & miner)
Description
Bob looks back over his experiences as a farm labourer and subsequently as a stonecutter at the colliery. He describes working conditions in the mine and recalls the time he went on strike. The original recording appears to have been interrupted and paused on two occasions.
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