Survey of English Dialects
Appledore, Kent
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Type
sound
Duration
00:05:16
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/68
Recording date
1959
Recording locations
Appledore, Kent: OS Grid Reference(595500,129500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Barry, Michael (male, SED fieldworker)
Speakers
Dunster, Fred (b.1880, male, thresher)
Description
Fred talks about his work as a travelling thresher. The original recording appears to have been paused on one occasion. Newchurch (to the east of Appledore), Brookland, Brenzett (both just to the southeast), Wittersham, Stone (both just to the southwest), Ashenden and Small Hythe (both just to the northwest) are all nearby villages. Tenterden (to the northwest) and Ashford (to the northeast) are nearby towns and Stowmarket (to the north) is a town in Suffolk.
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