Dialect & Oral History: The East Midlands

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - About Nottingham

The recordings below were recorded as part of the Nottinghamshire Voices project, which is currently being held at Nottingham Central Library.

Older Male - A15

Audio Record Form.pdf

In this extract our interviewee thinks back to how the street he grew up on came to be called 'Quality Street'. He also describes some of the games he used to play in the street when he was younger, such as: marbles, chalk, leap frog, and rum-sticka-bum.

Older Female - A62

Audio Record Form.pdf

In this extract our interviewee talks about her early career, having left school at the age of thirteen in order to start work.

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