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gardening11
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architecture, domestic6
children6
home economics6
household employees6
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agriculture2
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Davidson, H C6
Davidson, H. C6
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Berntsen, Howard N1
Brooksbank, Irvine1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Hadfield, Miles (1982)1
Harvey, N P (1915-)1
Horner, Charles1
Hull, Isaac Edward1

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Reader's Digest a garden for all seasons

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Reader's Digest Association

[1991]

Includes index.

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

[Collector announcement]; Charles Horner, recorded at home in Conistone; talks about cow barns; hay and haymaking; livestock; milking and the use of back cans; skimming cream; butter and cheese; restr...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.3)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.4)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.5)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.6)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.7)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Digitised copy of volume 3 available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The book of the home : a practical guide to household management (v.8)

Davidson, H C

1900-1901

v. 1. The choice of a house, the law of landlord and tenant, decoration of the house, furnishing the house -- v. 2. Furnishing the house (continued), heating and lighting, draperies and home upholster...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Essex

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Berntsen, Howard N

[1950s-1960s]

Irvine Brooksbank, recorded in Thornton in May 1957; talks about Thornton village; anecdotes re. local people; quarryworkers (including his father); family's connection with the village; family nickna...

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Encyclopedia of modern gardening

Harvey, N P (1915-)

c1965

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A history of British gardening

Hadfield, Miles (1982)

1969

Rev. ed. Gardening in Britain, London, Hutchinson, 1960. Two plans on lining papers.

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