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The Smoking Pipe
Berry, Simon J C
1967
A thesis in four sections, presenting a history of the pipe, descriptions of the manufacture and styles of clay, brier, wooden, non-wood and Meerschaum pipes, pipe practice (public and private), the p...
Wooden Salving Bowl
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1964
Mr. J. C. Richardson holding wooden salving bowl with long, flat handle, Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0779. With ms. note on salving, and reference to LAVC/F...
Wooden Salving Bowl
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1964
Wooden salving bowl with long flat handle, belonging to Mr. J. C. Richardson, Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0778. With ms. note on salving, and reference to L...
Nailmaking, Blacksmiths, Steel, Etc.
1963-1974
This file includes a typed transcript of an interview between Fred Hobbis and E. John Penny on nailmaking in Northfield, Birmingham (June 1963); Evelyn Leonard's article on Tom Merrill and hand-forgin...
Forestry
1969-1971
This subseries, comprising one file only, includes Oliver Rackham's article on the ancient woodlands of East Anglia, extracted from 'Country Life' (21 October 1971), pp. 1062-1066; William Seymour's a...
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...
The Handforging of Spring Knife Blades in Sheffield
Atkin, K
1966
A thesis on the handforging branch of the Sheffield cutlery trades, based primarily on fieldwork carried out in the workshop of Tom Merrill, one of only three men still forging pen and pocket blades b...
Popular Beliefs: Houses, Etc.
1970
This file contains items relating to beliefs concerning the house, with particular reference to luck. This includes mounted magazine cuttings from 'Country Life' on the concealment of footwear (in par...
Headwear and Accessories
1960-1972
This file contains items relating to types of headwear and accessories, and includes a photocopy of Shelagh Weir's paper on a bridal headdress from Southern Palestine, from an unidentified issue of th...
Basket, Straw and Rope-Work
1960-1973
This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Oldroyd, Charles H
6 Sep 1976 - 9 Sep 1976
Fred Longthorne, of Greenhow Hill, talks about lead mining in Nidderdale, and Greenhow Hill in particular: tools, local mines, clothing, shoes, discovering Stump Cross Caverns; mining career in the 19...
Textiles
1960-1981
This file contains items on textile industries, including a photocopy of Arthur J. Saundry's article on the tucking mill, from an issue of 'Old Cornwall' (1960); a typed letter and notes, from Fred Br...