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The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area
Manley, Sandra
1971
M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Feb 1953
Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker hammering in the central bar of the chain link. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms...
Chainmakers' Forge
Langhorne, Richard
1973
General view of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). Hammer, or Tommy, an anvil and a finished link cooling off, are visible. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Chainmakers' Forge
Langhorne, Richard
1973
View of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands), showing chainmaker taking a bar of iron out to be bent into chain links. Mounted on Photo File card with ...
Chainmakers' Forge: Anvil
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Anvil used for making large chains, with a freshly finished link, at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The photograph is of rather poor quality. Mounted on Phot...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link in its final forging. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link in its final forging. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is using the Tommy (forge hammer) for the final forging of the chain link. Mounted ...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is using the Tommy (forge hammer) for the final forging of the chain link. Mounted ...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Large Chain
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Two chainmakers working on long chains at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). One holds the chain in tongs, whilst the other uses a hammer, or Tommy, to close a l...
Chainmakers' Forge
Langhorne, Richard
1973
General view of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands), with chainmaker at work. A water tank stands behind the chainmaker for keeping his tools cool. Ba...