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Packing Skeps (Baskets)
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Finished wheeled Yorkshire packing skeps (large, wheeled baskets) being loaded onto the back of a lorry, at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire).
Packing Skeps (Baskets)
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Finished wheeled Yorkshire packing skeps (large, wheeled baskets), at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire).
Packing Skep (Basket)
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Packing skep (large, wheeled basket) for use by the G.P.O. (Post Office), outside Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire).
Basketmaking: Laundry Basket or Skep
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Part-woven skep or laundry basket at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows upright stakes protruding from an upsetting base, and a basketmaker weaving one of the ...
Basketmaking
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Part-woven basket at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows upright stakes protruding from a base, and a basketmaker weaving from the base. The photograph is out o...
Basketmaking
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Part-woven basket at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows upright stakes protruding from a base, and a basketmaker weaving from the base. The photograph is out o...
Basketmaking
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Part-woven basket at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows a basket maker with a woven base, into which he is inserting buff willow stakes. The photograph is out ...
Basketmaking
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Part-woven basket at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows a woven base with upright buff willow stakes. The photograph is out of focus.
Burdekin's Baskets
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
General view of the main workshop at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows several basketmakers at work, bundles of soaked willow and some completed baskets.
Burdekin's Baskets
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
General view of the main workshop at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows several basketmakers at work, bundles of soaked willow and some completed baskets.
Commercial Basketmaking in the West Riding: A Study of the Craft of Basketmaking with Especial Reference to the Present-Day Basketmaking Industry in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1965
A study concerned with the past and present state of the basketmaking industry in the West Riding, and the manner in which the craft is practiced. The collector's observations are based largely on a s...