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Tartan: The Origin and Development of the Cloth and its Characteristic Form, the Kilt
Wordley, Vivienne E
1977
A study looking at the relationship between tartan and Scotland, and tartan and the rest of the world; between the practical, functional side of tartan, and the symbolic role it has played in the past...
Yorkshire Response List: Comb
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question VI.2.4, Comb. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form w...
Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question VI.14.23, Boot(s). The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular f...
Footwear Collecting
Finlay, Ian
1972-1975
This file largely contains papers produced by Ian Finlay, founder of the Footwear Collectors' Society, on the subject of collecting footwear. This includes a photocopy of an article on Finlay, forming...
A Study of the Hat-Making Craft
Bell, M W
1964
A study describing the history of, and contemporary manufacturing processes within, the hat-making industry. Particular reference is made to the Offerton branch of the Battersby Hat Company . Sixteen ...
The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Hargrave
Wilson, David S
1963
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, based on one informant's responses to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and an analysis of a tape recording of t...
Sound Recording, Greater Manchester
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
[Collector announcement]; Wilf Morgan, butcher, recorded in Mossley [interview starts mid conversation]; talks about his experiences as a butcher; boning a piece of beef and cuts of beef; meat prices ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Harrop, Peter K
27 June 1978
Tony Chambers, recorded in Ripon, talks about mumming and joining the Ripon Sword Dancers in 1962; lists other members and when they joined; learning lines; parts; costumes; dancing and music as part ...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Newman, Sally; Harrop, Peter K
May 1979
Gus Smith, recorded at his farm in Midgley, talks about the Midgley Pace Egg Play, and the involvement of Sixth Formers from Calder High School; casting and the play's association with the school, pla...
Sound Recording, Gloucestershire
Harrop, Peter K
4 December 1978
Jack Tomes, recorded at the Cotswold House Hotel in Chipping Campden, talks about the Chipping Campden Mummers; their costume; performing the play for the film director, Richard Todd, in Broad Campden...
Sound Recording, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
March 1975
David Burne, recorded in Lymm, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers [preceded by preliminary recordings - part copy of the recording made in Antrobus Parish Hall on tape LAVC/SRE/...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
31 October 1977
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play, outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Very low recording level. Traffic noise obscures the speakers' voices on occasion. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Sou...