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Total number of records: 14

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culture14
folk music14
community life9
english language - dialects7
folklore4
food4
manners and customs4
nature4
play4
communication3

Top 10: People and organisations

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Dunn, Ginette4
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)2
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)1
Broadhead, Albert1
Bulmer, A Gillian1
Charlesworth, Martin1
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy1
Green, Anthony E (1943-)1
Hancock, George1
Hayes, Mr1

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Charlesworth, Martin

December 1974

Assembled company singing local Christmas carols (unaccompanied) in the Fountain pub, Ingbirchworth Recorded 15 December 1974. [Tr. 2] Assembled company singing local Christmas carols in the Fountai...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

16 September 1970 - 22 August 1970

George Hancock and Frank Hinchliffe singing at Sheephill Farm, in the Ringinglow area of Sheffield. Recorded 16 September 1970. [Tr. 2]

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Thomson, Sydney

November 1972

The children of Royal Park Primary School, Headingley, Leeds, recorded on the 21 November 1972; talk about poems and writing stories; Christmas presents, trees, decorations; collector talks about Chri...

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Lists from the Archive of Folk Song

Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)

1971-1974

This file contains lists produced by and for, and information about, the Archive of Folk Song at the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The file includes two versions of the paper, 'The Archiv...

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Sound Recordings, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male informant [as for tapes LAVC/SRE/A659r - A662r], recorded in New Zealand; talks about a poem he has written for the collector, and translates a Maori leavetaking. [Tr. 1] Copy recording of a gr...

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Sound Recordings, Norfolk and Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

June 1975

Singing at the Norwich Folk Festival, 21 June 1975. Bob Hart sings 'Rose of Tralee'; Percy Webb sings 'She's Proud and She's Beautiful'; Bob Hart sings 'Australia'; Percy Webb sings 'Nutting Girl'; Bo...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

June 1975

Ruby Ling, recorded at Snape Old Folks' Club, sings 'Wheel Your P'rambulator'; Bob Hart sings 'Why Shouldn't We Sing?'; all sing a hymn, 'Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer'. Recorded on 19 June 1975. [...

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Sound Recordings, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Bulmer, A Gillian

[1974-1980]

Copy tape of fieldwork recordings. The original recordings were made in April 1974. The date when this copy tape was made is not known. [Collector announcement]; Harry Williams, recorded in Longtown...

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Miscellaneous Folklore Papers

1964-1979

Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

December 1973

[Collector announcement]; Mungo Munro , recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career, 1926-1971; deep sea fishing for herring; line fishing; women baiting lines (with mussels, also sand ...

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Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1964-1966

Female sings 'Barbary Ellen' and 'Red Haired Sally' [second in Gaelic]. [Tr. 2] James Lyons relates a story about a Russian performing bear in Batley and Dewsbury (c. 1910s); and a clinkin' toad (wa...

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Sound Recording, Berkshire

Dunn, Ginette

22 June 1974

Fred Jordan, recorded at the Berkshire Folk Festival in Reading; sings 'The Dark Eyed Sailor', 'The Noble Foxhunting' ( 'Dido and Bendigo'), 'The Outlandish Knight', 'The Dark Eyed Stranger', 'Haul Aw...

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