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Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr Baron (1880-1971)3
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Ambler, Pamela J1
Bell, George1
Birch, G G (1934-)1
Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, Baron, 1880-19711

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The Coopers' Company, the Craft, and Gauging Casks

O'Neill, G M

1967

A thesis examining the history and practise of coopering, including a section outlining the history of the Coopers Company of London , and a description of hand coopering based on interviews with coop...

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Food, health and income : report on a survey of adequacy of diet in relation to income

Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr Baron (1880-1971); Rowett Research Institute; Market supply committee

1936

"This investigation was made by the staff of the Rowett institute in co-operation with the staff of the Market supply committee."-p. [4].

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Food, health and income : report on a survey of adequacy of diet in relation to income

Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr Baron (1880-1971); Rowett Research Institute; Market supply committee

1937

"This investigation was made by the staff of the Rowett institute in co-operation with the staff of the Market supply committee."-p. [4].

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Molecular structure and function of food carbohydrate

Birch, G G (1934-); Green, Leslie Frank; National College of Food Technology

1973

'An industry-university co-operation symposium organised under the auspices of the National College of Food Technology, University of Reading, on 10th and 11th April, 1973' - note.

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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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Theakston's of Masham: A Study of the Traditional Craft of Brewing

Halliday, Robert Wilson

[1973]

M.A. dissertation which contains a brief description of Masham, with an account of the history of the brewery and the Theakston family, and chapters on the process of making beer, the brewery premises...

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Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

August 1958

George Bell, recorded at Winteringham; talks about his working life; being in service, starting farm work at the age of fifteen; working with horses at Keelby Grange (second to the Waggoner); job of W...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955-1956

Harry Scott [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A746r], recorded in Billington; sings 'I Wish I was Single Again'; talks about Fred Henley. [Tr. 1] Fred Henley and his wife, Mrs. Fred Henley, recorded in ...

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The Living Dialect of Queensbury, Near Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding

Ambler, Pamela J

1954

A study of the dialect spoken in Queensbury in West Yorkshire. An introduction to the town is followed by a chapter which gives a descriptive account of the dialect in 1954 (with sections on vowels ...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955

Will Clarke, recorded in Stanbridge; talks about his daughter's move from Stanbridge to Hertfordshire [his daughters, Mrs. W. Urquhartand Mary Cooper, and sons-in-law William Cooper and Mr. W. Urquhar...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known.]; relates anecdotes (mostly humorous) concerning local characters, including a rag and bone man, winkle collector, pork ...

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Snail eggs and samphire : dispatches from the food front

Cooper, Derek (1925-2014)

2000

Includes index.

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