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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.
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...
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...
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...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Morales, Carmen
15 May 1977
Mrs. Longstaffe, her son Sidney and her sister, Florrie, talk about working in the Dewsbury textile industry. The speakers were recorded in the home of Mr. Gallon and Mrs. Gallon in Dewsbury. Mrs. Lon...
Knitting Sticks
[1969-1971]
This file contains typed and photocopied papers collected by Richard Langhorne for his M.A. thesis on aspects of 19th-century Yorkshire life. The papers relate to the hand-knitting industry, and refer...
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...
The Coopers' Company, the Craft, and Gauging Casks
O'Neill, G M
1967
A thesis examining the history and practise of coopering, including a section outlining the history of the Coopers Company of London , and a description of hand coopering based on interviews with coop...