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Quarried Stone
Sykes, Donald Richard
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Quarried stone at Crosland Hill quarry (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.
Quarry Workers
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of quarry workers sorting and dressing excavated stone in a work shed at a quarry at an unidentified location.
Quarry Head
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of a view looking across a body of water towards the head of a quarry shaft and work sheds at an unidentified location. Hauling machinery(?), s...
Crosland Hill Quarry
Sykes, Donald Richard
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
The quarry face at Crosland Hill (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.
Crosland Hill Quarry Diagram
Sykes, Donald Richard
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Ms. labelled line diagram showing a vertical cross-section of the quarry face at Crosland Hill (West Yorkshire). The diagram is dated December 1953, and was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in hi...
Decadent Local Industries: Pottery and Quarrying
Walton, James
1938
This volume contains two articles written by James Walton for the 'Some Decadent Local Industries' series of articles published in the 'Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society' (March 1938). T...
Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum
Price, Sarah M
1978
A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...
The Living Dialect of the Quarries at Crosland Hill, Near Huddersfield
Sykes, Donald Richard
1954
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Crosland Hill in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, with particular reference to the occupational language associated with its quarrying industry.
Quarrymen
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of two quarry workers standing at the entrance to a quarry shaft at an unidentified location.
Quarrymen and Draft Horse
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of two quarry workers with a draft horse harnessed to a cart, in a quarry at an unidentified location. The workers and horse are standing in fr...
Stone Crafts
Walton, James
1940-1945
This volume consists of a number of articles written by James Walton for 'The Quarry Manager's Journal', all relating to quarrying and stonework, and many with a Yorkshire bias. This includes articles...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Brief discussion of new road, description of working conditions in quarry, cutting by hand, working in hot weather. [Side 2] Comparison of working conditions and wages at quarry and on farm (...