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Rag-and-Bone Cart: Spring
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Rag-and-Bone Cart: Spring

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Old spring on a rag-and-bone cart in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Slide 4 in a series of 19.

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Sound Recording, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

1958

George Codd [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A557r], recorded in Barton-upon-Humber; talks about the extent of his commercial sailing experience; preference for river over canal work; racing to deliver c...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

10 April 1980

May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Alice Baker, recorded at Pymore on the 17 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A673r]; talks about March dust storms; floods of 1912 and 1950s; the condition of local (dro...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Harry Lowe, recorded in Stretham on the 24 July 1975; talks about food and the cost of living; working on a carrier's cart to Cambridge; farm labourers' wages; being an appre...

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Sound Recordings, Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1959-1961

Arthur Wapling, recorded in East Mersea; talks about farming methods; ploughing with horses - describes a stetch, dividing the field, (water) furrows and drainage; modern day farming - compares workin...

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