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agriculture4
occupations4
community life3
culture3
manners and customs3
social life and customs3
animals2
baked products2
education2
english language - dialects2

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Ashton, John1
Brooksbank, Irvine1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Garvey, Billy1
Hubbard, Wendy E1
Moore, William1
Shinger, Harry1
Slack, Harry1
Wynn, Mrs1

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s]

Irvine Brooksbank, recorded in Thornton in May 1957; talks about the house in which he was born; working as a farm lad scaring birds; the farmer he worked for; local quarries and his father book keepi...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Ashton, John

[1974/1975]

Harry Slack, recorded in his home in Leeds; sings 'The Rocks of Orme', followed by brief conversation about the song and informant's singing style; sings [unidentified]; talks of his home in Ireland, ...

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Trade - General

1964-1976

This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...

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Sound Recordings, Shropshire

Hubbard, Wendy E

October-November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Moore, [?recorded in Albrighton (Shropshire)], talks about his father's haulage business; harvesting; the weather; his father; a motorbike; an anecdote about retrievi...

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