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community life7
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Cooke, Jane A7
Frith, Mrs1
Frith, Toni1
Hitchens, Mrs1
Jordan, Mrs1
Senior, Mrs1
Smith, Mrs1
Wood, Mrs1
Woodhouse, Mrs1

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979]

Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979-1980]

First part of this tape comprises a compilation of extracts from the collector's fieldwork recordings in Birdsedge (principally, clapping and skipping rhymes). [Tape labelled demonstration.] [Tr. 1] ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

8 Nov 1979 - 16 Nov 1979

Children recorded in the playground of Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 8 November 1979; talking about and demonstrating the games and associated rhymes known to them. They give examples of b...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

23 Nov 1979 - 14 Dec 1979

Schoolgirls recorded at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 23 November 1979; discussing the games they have learned from their teacher, and the clapping rhyme 'My Mother Told Me'. [Tr. 5] Chi...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979]

Mrs. Wood, recorded in Birdsedge; gives biographical details and information on her schooling in Ridgeway, Derbyshire, and Sheffield; describes the school at Ridgeway and playtimes (in the mid 1940s);...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979-1980]

Schoolgirls recorded in the playground at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 24 January 1980. Sing 'I'm Only a Poor Little Gymnast', 'Vote, Vote, Vote'[skipping]; talk about being on, and winte...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979-1980]

Mrs. Senior and Mrs. Woodhouse, recorded in Birdsedge; talk about their childhood games at schools in Denby Dale (West Yorkshire) and Tankersley (South Yorkshire). They discuss school dinners and drin...

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