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Sound Recording, Staffordshire
Higgs, Judith
March 1973
[Announcement, made by collector's mother, a nurse visiting the informant]; Richard Mills and his wife recorded in Walsall Wood; Mr. Mills sings 'The Old Folks Jim', 'A Lady in Hospital' and 'I'm Foll...
Builders' Customs: Topping Out
March-April 1968
This file consists of correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents connected with the building industry, regarding topping-out ceremonies. The correspondents include Norbert F. ...
Topping Out Ceremonies
1951-1974
This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in the construction of a building. ...
Building Technique
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to buildings and construction techniques, and includes photocopies of maps showing the location of aisle-trusses in Welsh buildings, and aisled buildings in Yorkshire...
Sound Recording, Monmouthshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1970]
Frank Corton, recorded in Newport [niece and wife also present]; talks about his work as a crane operator in Newport Docks; emptying/banking iron ore from ships; lists jobs on leaving school; describe...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F; Wright, John T
1958-1963
[Collector announcement]; William Willey, recorded by Stanley Ellis in Mullion on the 30 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books];...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Bergal, Nancy Ann
06 Dec 1979 - 13 Dec 1979
John Barstow, recorded in Leeds, talks about Irish folk songs, Irish immigrants working on building sites [?in Leeds], folk singing in pubs in period after World War Two; folk clubs in Leeds in 1979; ...
Topping Out Ceremony
July 1967
Topping out ceremony at a new block of flats near Swiss Cottage, London. The ceremony is traditional in the building industry, and marks either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in t...
Stonework
1969-1979
This file contains items relating to stone industries and related crafts, including a photocopy of the Appendix to Horace Harman's 'Buckinghamshire Dialect' (reprinted Wakefield: S. R. Publishers, 197...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Houck, Charles L
[Mid 1960s-1970s]
Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...
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...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Houck, Charles L
[Mid 1960s-1970s]
Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...