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Total number of records: 88

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Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture77
Brotherton Collection9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections9
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England88
Kent88
Appledore11
Denton11
Farningham11
Goudhurst11
Staple11
Stoke11
Warren Street11
Dartford7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Barry, Michael V (1935-)66
Wright, Peter11
Woolley, Mr9
Dunster, Mr Fred6
Furlonger, Sidney Alfred6
Hawkins, Mr G6
Haylor, Mr George6
Spinner, Mr A W6
Bourne, Mr Sidney5
Brice, Albert S.5

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From 190087
From 20001

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Sep, 1999, Kent

Oct 1998 - Sep 1999

Correspondence inviting Zygmunt Bauman to take part in a conference at the University of Kent, Canterbury, titled "Bordering Europe". (University of Kent, 20-23 Sep 1999)

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May, 2005, University of Kent

May 2005

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "Where do we go from here?" on 13 May 2005 as part of the conference “Zygmunt Bauman: Consensus and Controversy”. (Universit...

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"Gipsies evicted from Darenth Wood Site."

20/Jan/1962 - 28/Jul/1962

Gypsy Traveller man leading horse drawn wagon on track during eviction from Darenth Woods.

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"Their resting place along 70 mph road." [Eviction Darenth Woods]

22/Jan/1962

Gypsy Traveller boy [Smith Family] sat at side of camp fire cooking pot. Concerns the eviction of Gypsy Travellers from Darenth Woods.

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"Have caravan compelled to travel." [Eviction Darenth Woods]

20/Jan/1962

Elderley Gypsy Traveller man and police during eviction from Darenth Woods. Article transcript also references M.P Norman Dodds.

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Gypsy Traveller Encampment on A2 [Eviction Darenth Woods]

22/Jan/1962

Same editorial/article as B14540R-45 [see related objects]. Regarding eviction of Gypsy Travellers from Darenth Woods.

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"Evicted Gypsies park on the mainroad." [Eviction Darenth Woods]

23/Jan/1962

Regarding eviction of Gypsy Travellers from Darenth Woods.

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"Gipsies at Edenbridge."

7/Mar/1966

Scene of Gypsy Traveller woman with family [Devall Family] washing clothes in bath over the fire. Regarding eviction of some families from the site at Edenbridge."

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BC MS Rom 2/A/2/7 front
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"Operation Gipsies in Darenth Woods: Caravans are towed away."

20/Jan/1962 - 18/May/1963

Scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers at Darenth Woods, Kent. Scene shows woman with two children, [modern] wagons, film crew in background. Also includes woman and two men in foreground which have be...

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BC MS Rom 2/A/2/5rear
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"Travelling Bird of a Feather." [Eviction Darenth Woods]

20/Jan/1962 - 18/May/1963

Scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers at Darenth Woods, Kent. Scene shows [modern] Gypsy Traveller wagon being towed by tractor; elderley man and young boy holding chicken, [he has been coloured roun...

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Stoke Response Book - 35K1
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Stoke Response Book - 35K1

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

19 Nov 1958 - 25 Nov 1958

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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