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Total number of records: 264

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
clothing and dress264
persons264
occupations186
culture138
textile industry135
community life83
manners and customs80
english language - dialects76
implements, utensils etc69
buildings67

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)40
Walkley, F.40
Outhwaite, T. G.27
Upton, Clive S13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Harrop, Peter K6
Bryon, Fiona5
Shaw, David H5
Baldwin, John R4
Dinsdale, Elizabeth4

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Dress

1966-1975

This subseries contains items relating to costume and dress. The subject matter includes traditional and occupational clothing and footwear; the collection of footwear; and headwear and related access...

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Stills from The Clogger

Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)

[1960s]

Stills from Sam Hanna's film, 'The Clogger'. Includes title; credits; images of a clogger in his workshop shaping wooden soles, cutting leather using a template, and finishing uppers; images of a comp...

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Clogs and Clog Making. With Reference to the Aire and Calder Valleys of the West Riding of Yorkshire

Moore, Vivienne E

1972

M.A. dissertation which provides a survey of clogs and clogmaking in the West Riding of Yorkshire (focussing on the industry in Airedale and the Calder Valley), both setting the trade and the article ...

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Fishwife's Bonnet
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Fishwife's Bonnet

June 1966

Bonnet typical of the type worn by women of the Whitby fishing community, in the possession of Miss M. Stott of Whitby (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1387. With ms. note....

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Band Members
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Band Members

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of two men dressed in braided uniforms at an unidentified location. The men may belong to a brass or marching band.

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Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)
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Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question VI.14.23, Boot(s). The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular f...

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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk
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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, unwinding cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stand at intervals along the...

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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk
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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, unwinding cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stand at intervals along the...

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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk
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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Close up of ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite's, hands as he unwinds cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stan...

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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk
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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Close-up of ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite's, hands as he unwinds cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stan...

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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk
Archive Item

Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, unwinding cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stand at intervals along the...

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Ropemaking: The Rope Walk
Archive Item

Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, unwinding cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stand at intervals along the...

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