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An Account of the Home Life, Leisure-Time Activities and Community Traditions of the Northumbrian Coal Miner, Dealing Mainly with the Period 1900 to 1930
Fryer, Sheila
1964
A dissertation based on interviews with seven miners and ex-miners from Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. The first of its three chapters contains a biographical note on, and the recollections o...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)
[1960s]
James Knights of Woodbridge [?recorded in 1968] talks about Suffolk and Norfolk men taking seasonal jobs in Burton upon Trent, in October after the harvest; describes work and conditions in the maltho...
The Farmer Cider-Maker in North and Central Somerset
Coleman, D N
1966
A thesis concerned with those Somerset cider-makers who combine cider-making with farming activities. The core of the study is the description of processes and equipment based on fieldwork carried out...
Sound Recordings, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960-1980]
Copy of disc recordings of three speakers from Acomb, made in the late 1930s as part of the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects conducted by Harold Orton during his time at Armstrong College, Newcastle-up...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
[1973]
Two teenage girls (Drum Major and Band Major, possibly members of the Dudley and Fordley Legionnaires) and their ?father explain their roles in a jazz band; promotion, subscriptions; attraction of mem...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)
[1960s]
James Knights of Woodbridge [?recorded in 1968] talks about his work with horses; as horse man; learning from the age of thirteen; working in Yorkshire; horses' stables; travelling a stallion; going t...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
12 January 1970
John Dawson and Betty Dawson, recorded in their home in Sheffield, playing the piano, singing carols and in conversation. Includes a medley of popular tunes played on the piano; discussion concerning ...
The Oral History and Traditions of the Lancashire Textile Workers
Taylor, Monica
1972
A study of some features of working, domestic and recreational life in the cotton town of Haslingden in Lancashire, in the early part of the twentieth century. The description of such aspects is based...
Instrumental Music: General
[1936-1977]
This file contains items relating to instrumental music generally, including bands. This includes a copy of M. Mokhtar's paper, 'Studies of the Tone-Quality of Organ Pipes: 1. The Influence of Wind Pr...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
1974
[Collector announcement]; Mark Hornsey describes carnival (e.g. Blaydon) at which jazz bands would perform (in the 1930s); performing on a rostrum; band practices in a pub; modern bands compared with ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about songwriting, singing and playing at dances in the local school hall; playing the banjo and ukulele; sings and p...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979-1980]
First part of this tape comprises a compilation of extracts from the collector's fieldwork recordings in Birdsedge (principally, clapping and skipping rhymes). [Tape labelled demonstration.] [Tr. 1] ...