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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Five carved and turned wooden knitting sheaths from the collection at the Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford (West Yorkshire). Unmounted.
Alford Windmill
Bulmer, A Gillian
December 1979
Alford Windmill, a five-sailed windmill in full working order, Alford (Lincolnshire). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.
A Historical Description of the Living Dialect of Poynton, Cheshire
Ashurst, B W
1961
A study of the dialect spoken in Poynton, Cheshire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with five local people during the Easter and summer of 1960.
Survey of English Dialects recording in Thropton, Northumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
14 Feb 1953
[Side 1] Jimmy describes hunting with dogs, recalls incidents losing several dogs in fights with foxes and badgers. [Side 2] Jimmy recalls losing dogs hunting foxes, describes incident where he had to...
Ploughing
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of five plough teams foxhunting, or ploughing a field in a line one after the other, at a farm on the Yorkshire Wolds. Mounted on Photo File card w...
Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
Summer 1958
Crew of five men hauling a shot by hand on the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). Two men stand in the water to guide the swing of the net. Net staff visible in foreground...
Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)
June 1965
Sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Farmer, wet after having climbed out of the washpool, taking a nip of spirits to warm up. One of a strip of five contact prints.
North Bar, Beverley
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the North Bar in Beverley (East Riding of Yorkshire). The bar is a medieval brick construction built in the 15th-century, and is the sole survivor of the four or five gatew...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Five carved wooden needle supports from villages and towns on the River Lune (Cumbria), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Includes examples of bladed supports from Newbiggin-on-L...
Grouse Shoot
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph taken in 1910 of a group of five local carters at an annual grouse shoot on the moors around Swaledale. The carters are posed with horses and cart, their guns and beating sticks, ...
Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
Summer 1958
Crew of five men hauling a shot by hand on the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). One man stands in the water to guide the swing of the net, which is closed and coming hom...
Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)
June 1965
Sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Farmer, wet after having climbed out of the washpool, taking a nip of spirits to warm up. Stone sheep fold and washpool visible in the ba...