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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
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Brotherton Collection1
Herbert Read Collection1

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textile industry20
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Shaw, David H2
Aldous, Leonard1
Barker, Benjamin (1838-)1
Bryon, Fiona1
Bull, Mrs. Walter1
Bull, Walter1
Bushby, Lawrence1
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Archive Item

Draft Horses Engraving

[1970s]

Photograph of an engraving of two draft horses in harness, probably pulling a farm cart (unseen). The horses are harnessed one in front of the other. The engraving is from Bliss & Co.'s 'London Illust...

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Archive Print Item

A discourse on trade : and other matters relative to it : viz. of trade in general : of the trade of England : of husbandry, feeding, tillage, corn, fruit, fish, minerals, trees, manufactures, sheep-wool, hemp and flax...[etc.]

Cary, John (1720)

1745

Half title page, p. [147]: An account of the proceedings of the corporation of Bristol, in execution of the act of parliament for the better employing and maintaining the poor of that city. Separate...

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Archive file

Business records of Messrs David Sykes and Sons

1870-1872

Comprises sales accounts relating to named purchasers with their locations in the West Riding and London. Goods sold are not detailed. Several loose contemporary letters, bills, and invoices are inser...

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Archive File

Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers

Smith, Paul (1947-)

[1970-1992]

Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...

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Sound Recording, Warwickshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Mr. D. T. Wharton, recorded in Rugby; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. The answers relate to the beef and pork s...

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Archive File

Current Superstitions Television Script

Jay, Catharine

[1970s]

This file contains a transcript of television recordings made for a programme on contemporary popular superstitions and beliefs. The main part of the transcript is typed, and consists of eight rolls o...

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Sound Recordings, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

9 January 1980

Recorded in an Old People's Home in Treorchy ; Gladys Flinn (born Ystrad, Glamorgan) talks about family background, occupation of father; describes domestic routine - clothes washing, sleeping arrange...

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Archive Collection

Wormalds and Walker Limited, Business Archive

Wormalds and Walker Limited

1810-1913

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Some of the...

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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

Bryon, Fiona

14 January 1981

Leslie Rosen talks about the 1970 textile strike in Leeds, and his involvement; describes background to the strike (high rate of work for low pay, disparity in male/female pay rises) and knock-on effe...

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Archive File

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, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

August 1971

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Goddard, recorded at home in Helmingham on the 13 August 1971; talks about his experience of World War One in France (1914-1916); joining an Indian division attached to a...

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Archive Collection

George Crowther and Company Limited, Business Archive

George Crowther and Company

1833-1883

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Chronologic...

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