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Total number of records: 30

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Archives24
Books and printed items6

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture22
Brotherton Collection3
Herbert Read Collection2
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1

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architecture30
buildings23
agriculture22
occupations22
community life21
nature21
food20
food crops20
animals19
handicraft18

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London1
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Barry, Michael V (1935-)12
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)4
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert (1834-1894)3
Shaw, David H3
Beddow, William2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Giedion, S (1888-1968)2
Kylstra, Henk E2
Morris, Mr R.2
Orchard, Bill2

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Constancy, change, and architecture

Giedion, S (1888-1968)

[1961]

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London heritage : the changing style of a city

Jenner, Michael; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (page 249).

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The eternal present : a contribution on constancy and change

Giedion, S (1888-1968); Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline

1964

Prepared with the assistance of Jacqueline Tyrwhitt.

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James Maude Richards to Maurice de Sausmarez

29 April 1959

Typewritten letter from James Maude Richards, Editor of the Architectural Review, to Maurice de Sausmarez, making arrangements for Richards' lecture to students at the University of Leeds, titled 'The...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire and Essex

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1961]

Male informant, recorded in Comberton; talks about working on a farm from the age of eleven; his father and his farming; thatchers in the family; informant learning to thatch; describes a day's work; ...

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Sound Recordings, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Spiller of Broadwindsor talks about farming; milking cows; hedging and the decline in the numbers of hedgers; farm horses and ploughing; weeding corn; haymaking; women labourers; informant's famil...

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Sound Recording, Hampshire

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Charles Sheppard, recorded in Bishop's Sutton; talks about working with pigs; rook starving [scaring] after the corn sown; scarecrows; service in the Rifle Brigade during World War One, in France; ret...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset and Devon

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Mr. H. Evett , recorded in Brompton Regis; talks about farm work; time started each day; working with horses; hours of work and wages; tools for hedging; also present is a Mr. A. Gibbs, who talks abou...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Andreas, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

Oct 1958

[Side 1] John reflects on changes in farming during his lifetime, recalls using horses to 'grub' [= harvest] potatoes and turnips and remembers cutting hay with horse-rake, discussses cost of tractors...

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