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Total number of records: 83

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community life83
education83
persons83
culture63
manners and customs53
occupations51
food42
social life and customs38
agriculture35
english language - dialects35

Top 10: People and organisations

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Dunn, Ginette7
Wilson, David L7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Crook, Rosemary4
Sullivan, Keith Frederick4
Morris, Patricia M3
Panheinen, Ossi3
Shaw, David H3
Siporin, Rae Lee3
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
School Group
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School Group

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a group of boys and girls from the school at Thixendale (North Yorkshire), with a male (possibly the headmaster) and a female tea...

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A Joke for Every Occasion. A Study of Children's Humor [sic], Leeds and London

McCosh, Sandra

1974

M.A. dissertation on children and children's humour, based on fieldwork in four Leeds schools (tape-recorded interviews), and the responses to questionnaires sent to 200 London schools, during the per...

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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...

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Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
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Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

June 1965

Sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). View from inside the fold: farmer wet after having climbed out of the washpool, Werner Kissling, and a farmers' wife bringing a basket of...

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Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
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Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

June 1965

Sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Werner Kissling, farmer's wife with bottle of rum and basket of food, and Stewart Sanderson (just visible behind farmer's wife with film ...

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The Development of Research into Children's Folklore in England

Chamberlain, John S

1961

M.A. research dissertation comprising essays intended to show the general development of responsible interest in children's folklore since the late eighteenth century. The study assesses the importanc...

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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

Rowley, Karen Jayne

1979

Jokes, as told by friends of the collector [possibly fellow University students, recorded in Leeds].

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Sound Recording, [United States]

Wilson, David L

8 March 1972

Peter Trigillis and Carol Faulb, recorded by themselves for David Wilson, talking about American university and college campus folklore: campus services; black students; co-ed. fraternity/sorority - U...

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A Phonological Study of Two Newcastle Idiolects

Skelton, Michael G

1976

M.A. research exercise analysing the speech habits of two informants from Newcastle upon Tyne, based on fieldwork carried out in December 1975 in Gosforth High School ( Gosforth), and on an audio reco...

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Language Development: Course Guide and Supplementary Material

Open University

1978-1979

This file contains items relating to the Open University post-experience second level course in Language Development, designed for in-service education of teachers. This includes an 'Introduction and ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

17 March 1977

George Ellerby, recorded outside his home, Forest Lodge Farm, in Castleton; talks about the collector's research and his moving to Whitby; GE's schooling in Castleton, including singing; comments on h...

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Clog Factory: Finishing Room

August 1971

Clogger nailing uppers and wooden soles together, at F. Walkley's clog factory, Huddersfield. A narrow leather strip is placed over the upper and sole before they are nailed together. Stacks of comple...

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