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Shelta: Irish Traveller Cant
1971-1974
This file contains two papers related to Shelta, or the language of Irish Travellers. This includes a photocopy of 'Irish Traveler Cant', by Jared Harper and Charles Hudson, from the 'Journal of Engli...
The Irish in Manchester
Dolan, Bernadette
1980
An introductory history of the Irish migrants to England, and in particular to Manchester, based on the collector's interviews with her father and one other Irish descendant living in the city.
SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:] pronunciation in Saw. The map is headed The Northern Counties of Engla...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
30 November 1972
Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A195r.
Survey of English Dialects recording in Clifton upon Teme, Worcestershire
13 Dec 1955
[Side 1] Ted describes long working hours and low wages in past, mentions occasionally being invited in to farmhouse for meal and recalls women in domestic service being given food parcels, discusses ...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
November-December 1972
Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A194r.
The Kellet Manuscript
Kellet, G R
[1970s]
The first file contains a photocopy of a manuscript by G. R. Kellet, being a memoir of growing up in Hunslet, Leeds, in the 1920s and 1930s. Although biographical, the manuscript includes descriptions...
Forestry
1969-1971
This subseries, comprising one file only, includes Oliver Rackham's article on the ancient woodlands of East Anglia, extracted from 'Country Life' (21 October 1971), pp. 1062-1066; William Seymour's a...
Lincolnshire Wooing Plays: Illustrations and Maps
Ogg, M C
April 1979
This file contains 11 ms. illustrations of characters from, and two maps relating to, the Wooing Play in Lincolnshire. The illustrations are mainly in felt-tipped pen, although some are shaded in penc...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
1981
[Collector announcement]; Jack Agar, recorded in the Territorial Army's Churchill Barracks in Leeds, on the 17 February 1981; gives biographical details; talks about the outbreak of World War Two; joi...
Agricultural Equipment, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on aspects of agriculture, with a focus on the kinds of tools, equipment and machinery used in farming. This includes a printed diagram and key to the parts of the old Wolds p...