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Skin and Leatherwork; Shoe and Clogmaking
1962-1979
This file contains items relating to clogs and clogmaking, including typed notes on the clogger, Lancashire clogs, and questions on clogs and cloggers, from Burnley Grammar School for the G.C.E. in Ha...
Paper Making, Skin and Leather: Photocards
[1962-1984]
A curated collection of mounted photographs relating to ‘Paper Making, Skin and Leather’. This photo file is one of 57 thematically categorised photo files that were likely created as part of the ...
Dyed Egg
Calvert, Valerie E
[1961-1962]
Decorated pasche egg dyed in onion skins, on a wooden board in a house in Workington (Cumbria).
Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
McKelvie, Donald
[1960-1963]
Male informant [location not known] talks about the preparation, valuation and sale of sheepskins at a hide and skin market; the preparation of skin by fellmongers; explains the process of separating ...
Paper Mould
Horden, John
[1967]
Frame of an antique paper mould belonging to one of the directors of Spicers Ltd. (papermakers). Mounted on Photo File card.
Paper Mould
Horden, John
[1967]
Antique paper mould with several water marks added. The mould belongs to one of the directors of Spicers Ltd. (papermakers). Mounted on Photo File card.
Paper Mould
Horden, John
[1967]
Frame of an antique paper mould, with water marks inserted. The mould belongs to one of the directors of Spicers Ltd. (papermakers). Mounted on Photo File card.
Paper Mould
Horden, John
[1967]
Frame of an antique paper mould, with water marks inserted. The mould belongs to one of the directors of Spicers Ltd. (papermakers). Mounted on Photo File card.
West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 11
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 11: The Skin. Includes questions VI.11.1 Freckles - VI.11.9 Pus.
Clogmaking: Shaping Soles
[1970s]
Clogger shaping wooden clog soles on a wooden bench in a workshop at the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Shaping tools hand on the wall of the workshop in the background. Mounted on...
Beatermen (Paper Mill)
1967
Copy of a photograph taken in ca. 1890 of a group of ten beatermen from the Wiggins Teape Vegetable Parchment Mill, a paper mill at St. Mary Cray, Bromley (Kent). The mill closed shortly after 1967.
Shepherd's Boots
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boots made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria). The boots are worn by Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1416. W...