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Accents: north-west England

Additional numbered links are given where there is more than one recording of an interviewee.

Cheshire

Congleton

Male; born c.1915; interviewed 1982; (2)

Nantwich area

Male; born c.1910; interviewed 1980; non-manual

Upton (from age 11)

Male; born 1938; interviewed 1987

Cumberland

Carlisle

Male; born 1908; interviewed c.1978

Lancashire

Bamber Bridge

Male; born 1904; interviewed 1972; non-manual

Bolton

Male; born c.1910; interviewed 1982

Liverpool & Merseyside

Male; born 1896; interviewed 1980; started work in London aged 14

Male; born c.1900; interviewed 1980; (2)

Male; born c.1910; interviewed 1981

Male; born 1913; interviewed or speaking, c.1980 & 1981; non-manual; (2)

Male; born c.1917; interviewed 1984-1985

Male; born c.1920; interviewed 1984

Male; born c.1920; interviewed 1984

Male; born c.1920 interviewed 1984

Male; born c.1920; interviewed 1985

Male; born 1921; interviewed 1983; worked in Birmingham from 1946; (2)

Male; born 1921; interviewed 1984

Male; born 1925; interviewed 1982

Male; born 1927; interviewed 1982

Male; born c.1930; interviewed early 1980s

Male; born c.1930; interviewed early 1981

Male; born c.1930; interviewed 1982

Male; born c.1940; interviewed 1981

Male; born c.1930; interviewed 1984

Male; born c.1930; interviewed 1984

Male; born c.1940; interviewed 1981

Two males; interviewed 1980

Several males; interviewed 1981

Two males; interviewed early 1980s

Eight males (one non-manual & possibly not Liverpool); interviewed after 1979 (series)

Manchester

Male; born 1901 (Salford); interviewed 1984; non-manual

Male; born c.1930; interviewed 1982

Nelson

Male; born c.1920; interviewed 1980; non-manual

Oldham

Male; interviewed 1980; worked in Coventry

Oldham (Chadderton)

Male; born 1905; interviewed 1982; (2)

?Ormskirk or ?St Helens

Male; interviewed 1981; non-manual

Rainhill

Male; born c.1920; interviewed 1981

Rawtenstall

Male; born 1939; interviewed 1987; non-manual

Rochdale

Male; born 1909; interviewed c.1978

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