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Longtown, Cumberland

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:03:34

  • Cultures

    English

  • Shelf mark

    C908/42

  • Recording date

    1955/09/11

  • Recording locations

    Longtown, Cumberland: OS Grid Reference(338500,568500)

  • Producers

    University of Leeds

  • Recordist

    Ellis, Stanley (male, SED fieldworker)

  • Speakers

    Jefferson, Rebecca (b.1879, female, retired midwife)

  • Description

    Rebecca recounts an incident in the 1920s when a mother and baby died in childbirth. Burnfoot and Artheret are areas of Longtown

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