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Total number of records: 6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture5
english language - dialects3
nature3
animals2
community life2
folk music2
folklore2
manners and customs2
agriculture1
archive administration1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
English Folk Dance and Song Society1
Fretwell, Charlie1
Fretwell, Martin1
Frost, John1
Goodison, Laurie1
Krechowiecka, Irene1
Lol1
Loy, Lol1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1

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A Study of Graffiti

Krechowiecka, Irene

1977

A study of the graffiti collected from the men's and women's toilets in the University of Leeds Students Union (and seven examples from a company manufacturing printing plates in Leeds). The collectio...

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SED Phonological Map: Foal
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SED Phonological Map: Foal

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.6.1, Foal, mapping the various vowel forms. The map is headed Survey of English Dialects: Norther...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

29 November 1970

Assembled company and soloists singing carols in the Royal pub, Dungworth, accompanied on the organ by Lol Loy. Charlie Fretwellsings 'Christmas Tree', Martin Fretwell plays the organ for 'Mary's Boy ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Hilton, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Jan 1955

[Side 1] Ted recalls driving with four horses was common sight locally, talks about ploughing with horses, explains technique, compares local practice with Bridgnorth. [Side 2] Ted recalls ploughing w...

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Folk Music in the British Isles

English Folk Dance and Song Society

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains photocopies of papers produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) on folk music collections and recordings in Great Britain. The file includes a photocopy of the lis...

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Plant Lore

1961-1980

This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...

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