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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Rickards, William Thomas Leonard2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Wakelin, Martyn F2
Wright, John T2
Atkinson, Tom (1880-1880)1
Bill1
Birkett, Tom1
Bob1
Boss1
Cruck-Framed Building
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Cruck-Framed Building

[1970s]

Derelict stone, cruck-framed farm building with a thatched roof, at a unidentified location. The roof has largely collapsed, leaving the cruck timbers exposed.

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Dry Stone Wall over Stream
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Dry Stone Wall over Stream

Langhorne, Richard

November 1970

Close-up view of dry stone wall construction over a stream, at Alston (Cumbria). A gap has been left in the wall to leave the flow of the stream uninterrupted. No. 2 in a series of 5.

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Barn at Wadworth

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of a stone barn at Wadworth (near Doncaster, South Yorkshire). The roof slates are incomplete, leaving the timber frame of the roof exposed.

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Irish Crafts

[1970s]

This file contains items relating to Irish crafts, and includes a photocopy of Ireland Information Sheet, no. 20 'Irish Crafts' (1974), listing crafts still undertaken in Ireland at the time (weaving,...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Sound Recording, County Durham

Upton, Clive S

13 May 1974

[Collector announcement]; Herbert Hodgson, recorded at home in Bishop Middleham; talks about working in a colliery on leaving school; picking stones from tubs of coal; collecting tubs from the pit hea...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, recorded [?at home] in Kettlesing [daughter also present]; gives biographical information and talks about the Dacre parish (his birthplace); closure of local chapels; wartime recollecti...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; George Green, recorded in Haddenham on the 28 July 1975. A second male is also present, who asks some questions and provides general information. Talk of a local tale teller;...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire and Cheshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

May 1965

[Collector announcement]; Mr. E. Nealey, recorded in Burbage; provides biographical information; makes reference to cockfighting; an Endowed School; selling newspapers at the age of nine; aunt and unc...

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