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culture4
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english language - dialects2
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Euphrates River Valley1
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Dunn, Ginette2
Holy Jim2
Jimmy2
Knights, James (1880-1880)2
Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)1
Voitl, Herbert1
Wheeler, Nik1
Wilson, Elaine1
Young, Gavin (1928-)1
Storehouse: Timber Joists
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Storehouse: Timber Joists

January 1965

View showing detail of timber joists on a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?), Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The joists and the shape of the timber (hexagonal) is typical of 16th c...

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Old English Crafts Films

Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)

[ca. 1972]

This file contains items relating to the series of educational (16mm colour) films made by Sam Hanna on traditional English crafts. This includes a printed pamphlet on the series, including a list of ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham; talks about singing as a boy, winning first prize in a singing competition; song papers, murder songs, song papers and penny song books; learning tun...

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Dialect recording in Orrell, Lancashire

Wilson, Elaine

Sep 1959

[Side 1] Sam tells series of anecdotes about local characters. [Side 2] Sam tells series of anecdotes about local characters, incl. tales of blacksmiths and nail-makers in past

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Return to the marshes : life with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

Young, Gavin (1928-); Wheeler, Nik

1977

Bibliography: p. 222.

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Weare Giffard (Devon)
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Weare Giffard (Devon)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

The manor house(?) at Weare Giffard (Devon). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 37/3.

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham on the 11 September 1974; talks about being recorded by Topic Records; family singing; learning songs from the 'News of the World'; father singing; si...

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