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The Hand-Made Nail Industry of Birmingham and the Midlands
Penny, E John
1964
A dissertation focussing on the nail making industry of Birmingham and the Midlands. Its five chapters cover the early history of the industry (mineral deposits and early iron industry, slitting mills...
Sound Recording, Birmingham
Penny, E John
8 June 1963
Fred Hobbis, recorded in Northfield, talks about Northfield nailmakers (nailers); collection and delivery of nails; nailers' working hours; nail-making process and types of nail made; nail-making equi...
The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area
Manley, Sandra
1971
M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...
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...
Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse
Brunk, Wille
November 1967
Close-up of informant Eric Snaith shoeing a horse in his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). The new horseshoe is nailed into place. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/...
Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse
Brunk, Wille
November 1967
Close-up of informant Eric Snaith shoeing a horse in his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). The new horseshoe is nailed into place. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/...
Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse
Brunk, Wille
November 1967
Close-up of informant Eric Snaith shoeing a horse in his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). The new horseshoe is nailed into place. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/...
Blacksmith Making a Horseshoe
Brunk, Wille
September 1967
Informant Eric Snaith making a horseshoe, in his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). Nail holes are being made in the horseshoe by hammering a metal hole punch into the shoe ...
Custom and Tradition in the Black Country
Smith, Carolyn Margaret
1972
A study comprising introductory sections on the industrial history of the Black Country, its steel, coal mining, nail making and chain making industries and associated communities. Further sections de...
Dales Crafts and Craftsmen
Walton, James
[1930s-1940s]
Articles written by James Walton on the craftsmen of the Yorkshire Dales, for the series 'Dales Crafts and Craftsmen' in 'The Yorkshire Dalesman', extracted and pasted into a hard-backed scrapbook. Th...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Layzell of Branscombe, recorded whilst he works in his blacksmith's smithy [machinery noise throughout]; relates the history of the building; working as a smith since 1911; father a smith in the s...
A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Moody, Frederick William
1950
A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...