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Farm Lad and Team
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in 1935/1936 of a farm lad with his two-horse team, and farmer Mr. Storey, in the yard of Manor Farm, Wansford (East Riding of Yorkshire). The team is in a show harness, whi...
Sheepwashing, Thornton Rust (North Yorkshire)
June 1965
Film taken during a visit by various members of Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) staff to Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale) to record farmers washing sheep in Outgang Beck. The custom of ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Muker, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
15 Apr 1955
[Side 1] Cooper talks about mowing by hand, explains grass would 'lig' [=] for day before being turned and put into 'lile cock/foot cock' [= small pile of hay], 'lap cock' [= medium-sized pile of hay]...
Sheepwashing, Thornton Rust (North Yorkshire)
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
June 1965
Film taken during a visit by various members of Institute of Dialects and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) staff to Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale) to record farmers washing sheep in Outgang Beck. The custom of...
The Living Dialect of Rillington
Bateson, Margaret
1958
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Rillington in North Yorkshire, based on fieldwork data collected in 1957, a thesis ( 'An Account of the Dialect of Rillington') written in 1935 by C. T....
Sound Recordings, Powys
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)
[1960s]
[Collector announcement (Ellis)]; Mr. ?Richards, recorded outside in Llanafan-fawr [undated]; talks about the electricity supply to the area; fire grates in local houses; peat burning; local dwellings...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
June 1965
Farmers washing sheep in Outgang Beck, Thornton Rust in Wensleydale. This event, revived for the first time since 1935, was recorded photographically, on audio tape and 16mm cine film by Stewart Sande...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
June 1974
[Collector announcement]; May Hard, recorded in Pymore on 13 June 1974; talks about her father's job as a blacksmith, shoes for horses and donkeys, cart repairs, making harrows, repairing/sharpening p...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
Nov 1958
[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...
Sound Recording, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
October 1958
[Collector announcement]; John Teare, recorded in Andreas; talks about the use of horses in farming; tractors and farm mechanisation; thatched roofs (houses) and the cost of maintenance; comments on l...
Old Sheep Washing Place: Outgang Beck
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1965
Old sheep washing place on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). A farmer obstructs the run of the beck to create a deep pool. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0605 . With ms. note.
Old Sheep Washing Place: Outgang Beck
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1965
Old sheep washing place on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). A farmer obstructs the run of the beck to create a deep pool. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0608 .