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Wooden Casks
Langhorne, Richard
[1970]
Three small wooden casks from the collections at the Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford.
Theakston's of Masham: A Study of the Traditional Craft of Brewing
Halliday, Robert Wilson
[1973]
M.A. dissertation which contains a brief description of Masham, with an account of the history of the brewery and the Theakston family, and chapters on the process of making beer, the brewery premises...
Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled in ms. according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The diagram was drawn by Pamela Ambler for use in her thesis on the dialect of Quee...
Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The labelling and title of the diagram is in typescript. The diagram was drawn by Pamela A...
Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
13 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Matthew and William discuss demise of miller trade, express preference for beer brewed with barley hops, discuss rise of poultry trade; anecdote about ducks. [Side 2] Conversation between W.R...
Somerset Cider Making
Gallon, K S
1966
An investigation of cider makers employing methods considered as within the West Country tradition of making, i.e. still sharing basic similarities with recorded descriptions of the methods used by si...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Rillington, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
14 Apr 1955
[Side 1] John discusses mowing by hand, tells anecdote about local man who narrowly lost wager on how quickly he could mow 4-acre field, recalls threshing turnip seed with 'frail' [= flail] and 'fay' ...
The Living Dialect of Queensbury, Near Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding
Ambler, Pamela J
1954
A study of the dialect spoken in Queensbury in West Yorkshire. An introduction to the town is followed by a chapter which gives a descriptive account of the dialect in 1954 (with sections on vowels ...
Drinking Bottle
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1966
Miner's drinking bottle, found at Old Gang Mines, Swaledale. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. caption and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling.
The Coopers' Company, the Craft, and Gauging Casks
O'Neill, G M
1967
A thesis examining the history and practise of coopering, including a section outlining the history of the Coopers Company of London , and a description of hand coopering based on interviews with coop...
Cider-Making and Brewing
1962-1975
This file contains items relating to brewing beer and cider-making, including a photocopy of Eric Sample's article on small breweries in Derby, from an unidentified issue of 'Derbyshire Countryside' (...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire
Baldwin, John R
1969
Mrs. I. M. Brown and Mrs. Cotmore [?sisters], recorded in Oxford in 1969. Recitation of the words to 'I had a Little Donkey', and the monologues 'Sally and Her Sweetheart', and 'Little Boy and the Err...