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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture5
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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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Beaven, William1
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Hooper, Frank1
Jones, Sydney1
Lawson, Fred1
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Saunders, Jim1
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Survey of English Dialects recording in Longtown, Herefordshire

09 Dec 1955

[Side 1] Bill discusses harsh winters in past, describes timber being transported from Tanhouse Farm and Walterstone across ice, talks about unprecedented amounts of snow in winter 1947 and lack of ra...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Sherborne, Gloucestershire

Jun 1956

[Side 1] Frank tells anecdote about getting drunk, describes visit to Crow's Castle and drinking wine before returning home in torrential rain, recalls taking shelter in barn and sleeping in upturned ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Cradley, Herefordshire

12 Dec 1955

[Side 1] Sidney tells series of anecdotes, describes getting up early one morning to milk cows and returning home to realise it was 3am, recalls falling asleep as young lad while minding waggon and wa...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in East Clandon, Surrey

Sep 1959

[Side 1] Alf explains how to build and thatch corn stack incl. use of 'staddle' [= raised platform on which stack is built to deter vermin] and importance of 'barge-course' [= portion of thatch on sta...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Gretton, Gloucestershire

12 Dec 1955

[Side 1] Jack talks about mowing corn by hand, lists implements used incl. 'fagging-hook' [= sickle with metal hook] and 'pick-thank' [= sickle with wooden hook], describes practice of drying corn in ...

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Scotts Yard, Lincoln.1929
Archive Art Piece

"Scotts Yard, Lincoln."1929

Frederick Lawson

11/May/1929

Charcoal drawing of a caravan [wagon] alongside vehicles in a large outhouse. Written in pencil, "Scott's Yard, Lincoln, May 11th 1929. Used in the winter quarter by Gypsys."

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The Ernest Bradbury Archive 1956

1956

GUIDE TO THE ERNEST BRADBURY ARCHIVE 1956 This year includes a summary by Ernest Bradbury of the most significant events to which I would add the mention (7.12) of one Janet Baker as a singer to wat...

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