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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture8
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
7th Earl of Huntingdon1
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Archive Collection

J. T. Clay and Sons Limited, Business Archive

J.T. Clay and Sons Limited

1812-1928

Stock account book and scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, letters and notices. The stock book is lettered on spine: 'Clay & Earnshaw Stock 1812 and 1814, and on the front cover: 'Clay & Earnshaw Crow...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Read, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

05 Mar 1954

[Side 1] Jim outlines typical year in sheep farming, incl. details of 'tupping' time [= mating time], use of 'raddle' [= red dye used to brand sheep], lambing time, 'provand' [= fodder], sale of fat l...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Seagrave, Leicestershire

Apr 1957

[Side 1] Mr Hardy talks about making cheese, compares traditional method of making Stilton with modern methods and with simpler process of making Red Leicester cheese, recalls visits to Melton Mowbray...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Codicote, Hertfordshire

Mar 1958

[Side 1] Amos describes shock of grandmother's pockets being emptied after she died suddenly in Red Lion, describes transport in past, incl. three-wheeled bicycle and penny farthing, recalls lodger ha...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Checkley, Herefordshire

08 Dec 1955

[Side 1] Bill describes witnessing two rabbit catchers catching and killing deer that had strayed out of park, describes how to catch rabbits using wire traps, briefly reflects on wages and living con...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire

11 Jul 1953

[Side 1] Phipps talks about family (one of of 14 children, 4 still alive) and living at Red Lion and thatched cottage opposite, recalls accompamying father making deliveries from Oxford, describes reg...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Avebury, Wiltshire

Jun 1956

[Side 1] Jim talks about ploughing with oxen before introduction of tractors, describes traditional 'buckshutter' plough, discusses manual farm labour incl. reaping/hoeing/harvesting/haymaking by hand...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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Evelyn Waugh, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of 'Vile Bodies', with related material.

Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)

1912-1993

Comprises the following items: (1) Carbon typescript with autograph manuscript title-page of Volume 1 of 'The Pistol Troop magazine', compiled by Waugh when a child, 1912; (2) Mimeographed typescript ...

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The Ernest Bradbury Archive 1949

1949

GUIDE TO THE ERNEST BRADBURY ARCHIVE 1949 Once again there are areas of doubt as to whether an event occurred in 1949 or 1950 but hopefully it will be possible for those wishing to know a precise da...

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