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culture46
manners and customs24
english language - dialects21
folklore21
community life15
supernatural15
occupations14
play13
superstition13
communication10

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Langhorne, Richard5
Griffiths, Frances (1907-1986)4
Wright, Elsie4
Ambler, Pamela J3
Bergal, Nancy Ann3
Curtin, John2
Mckelvie, Donald2
Ashton, John1
Barker, Diana J1
Brooksbank, Irvine1

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Papers Relating to a Sociolinguistic Survey of Bradford

University of Leeds

1967

This file contains items relating to a sociolinguistic survey of Bradford, apparently conducted and or/reported on as part of the University of Leeds Extra-Mural Lectures programme . Includes a copy o...

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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 ...

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The Living Dialect of Windhill Near Bradford Yorkshire W.R.

Barker, Diana J

1959

A study of the dialect spoken in Windhill, near Shipley in West Yorkshire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with five informants, and a tape-recording of two Windhill inhabitants, ...

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Wooden Casks

Langhorne, Richard

[1970]

Three small wooden casks from the collections at the Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford.

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Playground Jingles

Hawkes, A D

1973

This file contains photocopies of a series of four articles from the 'Bradford Telegraph and Argus', written by A. D. Hawkes in May 1973. The articles focus on the playground jingles, i.e. chants and ...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Five carved and turned wooden knitting sheaths from the collection at the Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford (West Yorkshire). Unmounted.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Three leather belts with leather horse-hair stuffed needle support pads from Bradford (West Yorkshire) and Askrigg ( Wensleydale), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Display label...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Eight turned wooden industrial needle supports from towns in Airedale (West Yorkshire), including Leeds, Bradford, Shipley, Keighley, Bingley, Clayton and Wibsey. The supports form part of the Whitehe...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Ten knitting needle supports from the Bradford district (West Yorkshire), part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. They include metal supports, turned wood supports and a leather p...

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Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area

McKelvie, Donald

1963

The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...

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Cottingley Fairies: Elsie Wright
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Cottingley Fairies: Elsie Wright

[1960s]

Copy of one of the Cottingley Fairy photographs, taken between 1917-1920, and reproduced from Edward L. Gardner's 'Fairies: The Cottingley Photographs' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1945). I...

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Cottingley Fairies: Frances Griffiths
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Cottingley Fairies: Frances Griffiths

[1960s]

Copy of one of the Cottingley Fairy photographs, taken between 1917-1920, and reproduced from Edward L. Gardner's 'Fairies: The Cottingley Photographs' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1945). I...

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