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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections52
Brotherton Collection51

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Cottaar, Annemarie (1955-)2
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Archive Item

Press Cuttings (1955)

1955

Cuttings from press and other printed material referencing Gypsy and Traveller related subjects from 1955. Arranged in chronological order. Includes article on artist Eryl Vize.

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Photograph of horsedrawn caravan. Wetherby.1955.

Vowles, Alfred Charles

1955

Photograph of horsedrawn caravan on the road with caption, "Nr. Wetherby, Yorks. The Thompsons of Durham, passing down the Great North Road. 1955. By A. G. P."

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Photograph of horsedrawn carriage. Carlisle.1955.

Vowles, Alfred Charles

1955

Photograph of horsedrawn carriage with caption, "Clattering up the Glasgow Road out of Carlisle. 1955 (Unknown Gypsy). By A. G. P."

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Press Cuttings (1953)

1953

Cuttings from press and other printed material referencing Gypsy and Traveller related subjects. Arranged in chronological order, (some undated). Found in filebox labelled, '950,' but description ...

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Gypsy music recorded at the Festival of St, Maries [sic] de la Mer, 1955.

c.1955

Gramophone record, long playing. Pieces incliude; Bulerias; Tanguillos; Soleares; Fandango de Ellva; Soleares; Tanguillos. Cante jondo; Cante jondo; and Fandanguillos.

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Annual report of work

Webb, William; British Gypsy Mission

1955-56, 1956-57 Two copies for 1956-57

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A parish book of Grindleton & Sawley, prepared during the one hundred and fiftieth year of the parish church of St. Ambrose, 1955

Grindleton (England). Parish Church of St. Ambrose

[1955]

Mention of F.G. Ackerley, vicar 1905-25, and as an authority on Gypsy lore.

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Lumière du monde

8e année, nos-42-43 mai-août 1955

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A few gypsies

Croft-Cooke, Rupert (1903-1979)

1955

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Encounter

Spender, Stephen (1909-1995); Kristol, Irving; Lasky, Melvin J; De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Congress for Cultural Freedom

"Literature, arts, current affairs"-cover, June 1955. Imprint varies: Apr. 1955-1969 "at Panton House, Haymarket"; 1970-1990 "Encounter Ltd.".

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The cure of canine distemper and hard pad

Baïracli-Levy, Juliette de

[1950]

First edition 1938.

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