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Total number of records: 111

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agriculture111
occupations110
nature104
animals103
geology47
community life30
food24
buildings22
implements, utensils etc21
wealth20

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)54
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)33
Barry, Michael V (1935-)25
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)7
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)4
Crellin, Mrs Amanda3
Teare, John Thomas3
Beddow, William2
Burnett, Bill2

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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...

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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 ...

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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]...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Old Sheep Washing Place: Outgang Beck
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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.

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Old Sheep Washing Place: Outgang Beck
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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 .

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