Survey of English Dialects
Codicote, Hertfordshire
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Type
sound
Duration
00:04:05
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/63
Recording date
1958
Recording locations
Codicote, Hertfordshire: OS Grid Reference(521500,218500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (male, SED fieldworker)
Speakers
Males, Amos (b.1884, male, retired farm-worker), unidentified (female)
Description
Amos describes a number of early bicycles and recalls having to travel in adverse weather conditions. The original recording appears to have been paused on two occasions. Kimpton is a village just to the west of Codicote and Luton a town to the northwest.
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