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Some Warwickshire Crafts
Wharton, Colin S
1969
This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...
The Domestic Sewing Needle: An Enquiry into the Vocabulary and Folklore Associated with its Manufacturing Processes
Hawley, Elizabeth K
1962
A dissertation in four parts, based on fieldwork carried out in Redditch and Studley. The first part provides a general history of needle-making and a history of the trade in the Redditch area. Part T...
Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
Langhorne, Richard
1971
M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...
Bewdley Brass Foundry: A Description of its History and the Techniques Used There
Holloway, Charles
1980
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first presents a history of H. J. Exley Limited, Bewdley brass founders, followed by a description of the foundry building (including a map and side and pl...
The Living Dialect of Orrell, Lancashire
Wilson, Elaine
1960
A study of the dialect spoken in Orrell, near Wigan in Lancashire, based on interviews with two local residents. An introduction to the village and the two informants is followed by five chapters wh...
Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities
[1955-1979]
This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...