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Description: | Stanley recalls working for a local bus company in the heyday of Sunday coach outings. Corby is a town just to the north of Kettering and Wicksteed Park a park near the centre of Kettering. Skegness (to the northeast of Kettering), Hunstanton (to the northeast) and Great Yarmouth (to the east) are all seaside resorts on the English East Coast. United Counties (now Stagecoach United Counties) refers to the bus company operating routes throughout the East Midlands. The first Leyland omnibus was manufactured in Leyland, Lancashire in 1900 – the start of a hugely successful passenger vehicle brand name that became known as the National Bus Company in 1969 within the umbrella of the nationalised British Leyland Motor Corporation. After a brief merger with Volvo in the late 1980s production ceased in 1991.
lexis
cow-catcher = apparatus fixed to front and side of vehicle to remove straying cattle or other obstructions
phonology
PRICE [OI]; MOUTH [{U]; START [a:]; STRUT [U]; BATH [a:]
® [TINk]
note also can’t [ka:nt], job [dZAb], one [wUn], because [bIkUz] and nothing [nUTINk]
grammar
there was + plural complement (there was the two brothers; there was a lot of people used to come regular)
zero relative pronoun (there was a lot of people _ used to come regular)
adjective as adverb (there was a lot of people used to come regular)
preterite come (he was on his bicycle and the bus come round the corner)
zero plural marker on noun (three pound ten shilling; three pound fifty pence a week; nine pound odd; five pound twelve shilling and sixpence) | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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