English to English Translation (Thick British Accent) - UK Location help

MadisonMcCabe1

Hi there. Would appreciate some help on this! Can someone help me figure out what my great great grandmother is saying on tape? She's talking about where her parents were from and so far as I can gather, I know what she's saying except for the last word/location.

"My mother was born just about Blaydon. My mother was born at Blaydon. They have people all over Blaydon and _________."

Link below. Thank you!

https://soundcloud.com/mmaudiohosting/great-grandma-sound/s-bSx87kIHLlL?si=f67a9496826b49138b366ff8c14230de&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Shannon Potter Wilcox

@MadisonMcCabe1 I asked some of the Scottish Group Leaders in Scotland to take a listen to it. I triedthree times and I couldn't understand her well, but the leaders in Scotland understand those accents. 😊

MadisonMcCabe1

@Shannon Potter Wilcox Thank you Shannon! :) I appreciate you trying. I'll wait to hear from the Scottish Group Leaders!

Graham Buckell

@Jill 2021 is worth a try as I believe that she comes from that area.

Paul W

@MadisonMcCabe1

Shannon is slightly out with her geography - this appears to be a strong north-east England (probably "Geordie") accent, which I doubt even a Scots person would understand! I must admit that I couldn't even make out "Blaydon" from the tape, but checking against a map centred on Blaydon (near Newcastle and Gateshead) might provide a few suggestions regarding placenames.

MadisonMcCabe1

Thank you both @Paul W @Graham Buckell.

That's exactly right. She has a Geordie accent. Yes, another language itself! I thought it was somewhere around Blaydon as well but I think she's describing her father who might be from somewhere else. We had family in Blaydon and " ".

In the full audio, you can hear her daughter talking at the same time as her right after she says those lines I posted. The audio is extremely difficult to hear but it seems her daughter is describing that the speaker's mom was born near Blaydon, and that the father must have left "the word we're having a hard time deciphering" (she never repeats the place name) and come over to Durham and then married her mother. My best guess would be Scotland or somewhere else in England.

Jill 2021

Hi,

It is Jill2021. I originate from about 30 miles south of the area. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to hear that lovely voice!

The lady is saying 'I remember that me Mother's birth was just about Blaydon way', which could mean Blaydon itself, or in that vicinity. I can't identify what she says after that until right at the end where she says 'Blaydon specially'. I am sorry I can't understand more. I don't think it is to do with the accent, but rather that conversation is hesitant, then fast flowing. It doesn't help that the male voice speaks over her voice at times.

There are old maps of the area here https://maps.nls.uk/view/101099357

I hope that has been of a little use?

Regards,

Jill2021