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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[November 1966]
[Announcement]; Mr. R. M. Claughton, recorded in Askrigg; collector introduces Mr. Claughton, who goes on to describe the building of a dry stone wall - selection of stones, courses and terminology; t...
Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959-1960
[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979-1980]
Children recorded at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge; sing three parodies - the first to the Dallas theme tune, followed by 'Burn the Teacher'and 'I'd Like to Teach the RAF'. Also sing 'Chinese Rest...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Webber, M R
[1965-1966]
Unaccompanied male/female singers, singing solos and duets. Includes May songs (May 1st garlanding, May 29th Royal Oak Day), and children's singing games recorded in the playground of a Luton Junior S...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1955
Bob King and his wife, recorded in Totternhoe;[Gap, 2 mins.]; Mr. King describes some [?local] caves; Sunday School treats; visitors to the area and locals serving tea to them; local people; the litan...
Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester
Waller, Vivien M
1961-1962
Schoolgirls give examples of skipping rhymes and chants, explanations of circle and chasing games. Edited compilation of fieldwork recordings made in schools in Salford, Eccles, Hulme and Walkden ( Gr...
Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester
Waller, Vivien M
1961-1962
Schoolgirls recite/chant/sing skipping rhymes; also ball bouncing and counting-out rhymes, song (some parodies), explanations of (chasing) games (including 'Farmer Farmer') and the circle game 'Sally ...
Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester
Waller, Vivien M
1961-1962
Schoolgirls and boys from Greater Manchester give examples of skipping rhymes, song parodies, dipping rhymes, explanations of chasing/ring games (also card games), Pancake Tuesday rhyme and autograph ...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
July 1963
Mr. N. Cox, recorded in St Cleer; talks about animal (bullock) husbandry; winter feed; lambing time; moor cattle, allowed to roam free within certain boundaries, owned by commoners who pay for commone...
The Dialect of Golcar
Jacobson, Joanne
1974
M.A. project on one dialect speaker from Golcar, West Yorkshire . Analysis is made of material contained within a 34-minute tape recorded interview with Mr. Gledhill, made by Stanley Ellis in 1963. ...
The Folk Songs of Bedfordshire
Webber, M R
1966
A study of songs collected from three adult informants living in Bedfordshire, and from children at a Luton Junior School.