Audio

Brass Nuts by George Tremain, Folktracks Cassettes 30-329

Come In, Old Toss Pot. Customs, costumes and Easter eggs from the village of Dent, West Yorkshire, Folktracks Cassettes 30-109

Ee By Gum Lord A West Riding dialect version of the Gospels read by Arnold Kellett. (Cassette available from the Yorkshire Dialect Society).

English with a dialect: and Irish, Scottish and Welsh accents, (1979) BBC: REC 173.

First o t’Sort A recording of the meeting of the Yorkshire Dialect Society at the Ilkley Literature Festival, (Vinyl disc available from the Yorkshire Dialect Society)..

More West Riding Tales by Arthur Kinder. Recorded at meetings of Honley Civic Society. (Cassette available from the Yorkshire Dialect Society).

Smokestack Land: Industrial ballads from Teesside and Cleveland sung by Graham Miles, Folktracks Cassettes 90-222

T’Christmas Crack Recorded at the Yorkshire Dialect Society’s Christmas meeting in York in 1994 (Cassette available from the Yorkshire Dialect Society).

The British Drama League dialect records,(19??) London: Columbia Gramaphone Co.

The Ironmasters: Industrial ballads from Teesside and Cleveland sung by Graham Miles, Folktracks Cassettes 45-225

The Streets of Leeds, Local songs, customs, street cries and children’s games collected by Rowland Kellett, Folktracks Cassettes 60-209

Two Jolly Miners: A description of local Sheffield customs and sword dancing featuring songs and tunes by George Hoyland and Louis Wroe, Folktracks Cassettes 60-212

West Riding Tales by Arthur Kinder. Recorded at meetings of Honley Civic Society. (Cassette available from the Yorkshire Dialect Society).

 

Video

A selection of video recordings is held by the Yorkshire Film Archive. Although not specifically dealing with dialect, the material held covers many aspects of Yorkshire life over the last hundred years. Based on original footage of amateur and professional film makers, Yorkshire dialect is a feature of a number of post 1927 productions. See the Yorkshire Film Archive web page for further details.