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Lace Specimens
Slinn, Gillian A
3 June 1964
Cotton socks finished with Nottingham lace. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1390 and LAVC/PHO/P1392.
SED Word Map: Share (of Plough)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.8.7, Share (of Plough), mapping responses Nose, Share and Sock. The map is headed The Northern Counties of ...
Handknitting
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
[1960s]
Incomplete handknitted woollen item (possibly a sock or stocking) made by Mrs. Jane Metcalfe of Keld ( Swaledale). The knitting sits on a low wooden stool, and is attached to traditional curved needle...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire
Apr 1957
[Side 1] Mr Hunt reflects on his working life, recalls starting work aged 10 years, describes hours and wages at Hathern brickworks and later at sock mill, remembers 'kill' [= kiln] closing during Wor...