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Canterbury Tales Prologue Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of the first 19 lines of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Prologue to the Canterbury Tales', in Middle English. The page includes a glossary.
Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of lines 40-50 from Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's 'King Richard II'.
Sound Recordings, Kent
Ross-Glass, Ruth M
c.1975-1980
Recordings of children made at four Kent schools, and adults attending Further Education institutions and a Young Wives' Group. In each case, the informants discuss ten fairy tales, selected by the co...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
26 June 1974
Bob Hart, Lenny Savage and Jack Foreman, recorded at the Golden Key pub in Snape; general conversation [much background noise, distortion of voices, multiple conversations, makes this section hard to ...
Sound Recording, Northamptonshire
Skelton, G
[1979]
Male speaker [?originally from Norfolk], recorded in Wellingborough; recites a selection of narratives (monologues and anecdotes), a poem by C. L. Lewis, and poems from a volume of Norfolk dialect ver...
Sound Recording, St. Andrews
Read, John (1884-1963)
December 1957
[Collector announcement]; Professor John Read, reading extracts from his book, 'Farmer's Joy' (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1949). The first is from chapter nineteen, The Camel Play Actors, in which he gives an...
Dales Pony
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1966
Informant R. L. Peacock with thoroughbred modern Dales working pony, Scarhouse Farm, Muker ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. Also mounted on the card is a newspaper cutting from the 'Northern ...
Sound Recordings, [North East England]
Mulley, Ian
[1970s]
Collector's grandfather reads a North East dialect poem. Title not given. [Tr. 2]
Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1964-1966
Unedited Field Master tape. Male sings [4 unidentified, one a fragment]. [Tr. 6] Female sings [2 unidentified]. [Tr. 7] Singers [?recorded in a pub]. Male sings 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad' [par...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Sofer, Zvi d (1980)
[1965-1966]
Various informants recorded at Donisthorpe Hall Old People's Home in Leeds, singing Jewish songs and relating Jewish folk tales. Reverend Knopf and his wife sing an unidentified song (with piano accom...
Sound Recordings, [Liverpool]
Bond, Francis Keith
[1973/1974]
Unidentified male informant talks about Army life during World War Two, rationing, and relates various humorous anecdotes. [Tr. 3] René Bond talks about her experience as a fourteen year old living...
Ruined Farmhouse with Adjoining Barns
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1965
Ruins of stone farmhouse with adjoining barns at Roan Farm, Hurst ( North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with ms. notes on Hurst village, and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling. ...