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Total number of records: 153

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food153
buildings133
occupations125
community life114
agriculture109
food crops91
nature89
culture79
animals78
implements, utensils etc78

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)30
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)26
Barry, Michael V (1935-)18
Fothergill, George William13
Dunn, Ginette10
Kylstra, Henk E8
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)7
Tammivaara, Irmeli6
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)5

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The Role of the Public House in an Urban Environment

Hargreaves, Janet

1979

A study which examines the importance of public house visiting as a major leisure time activity, the pub as the centre of a community, and the customs and attitudes associated with the pub within an a...

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Dresser (Furniture)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Wooden dresser in a deserted farmhouse near Gainslaw Hill (Northumberland). The dresser had been removed from the farmhouse by the summer of 1959. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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"Gypsy Camp"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 at a Gypsy Traveller camp at an unknown (English) location. A hare has been hung from a tree by its back legs and will be eaten later. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Stone Cottage at Carlton
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Stone Cottage at Carlton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Dressed stone cottage with pear tree trained up the front, at Carlton ( Coverdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0329. With ms. notes.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Melsonby, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

01 Nov 1952

[Side 1] Jack tells amusing anecdote about winning sweepstake to guess size of two prize turnips: wet Friday afternoon at quarry so headed 'hame' [= home], changed into night 'claes' [= clothes] and s...

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Alford Windmill

Bulmer, A Gillian

December 1979

Alford Windmill, a five-sailed windmill in full working order, Alford (Lincolnshire). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.

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Tanyard Farm, Sheffield

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of stone buildings at Tanyard Farm, Sheffield (South Yorkshire). The view shows the window of the dairy (which is signed); and a large metal tub or kettle.

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded Victorian range inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). Young male informant lifting grate; rag rug in foreground. At the time of photographing, the range and its fittings...

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Elderly female informant tending fire in black leaded Victorian range inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). The range and its fittings were still in use at the time of photographing....

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded Victorian range with various fittings, inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). The range and its fittings were still in use at the time of photographing. Mounted on Photo ...

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Leaded Fireplace with Rekkans
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Leaded Fireplace with Rekkans

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded fireplace with rekkans bar, from which cooking utensils were suspended, at a dwelling house in Marrick ( Swaledale). The bar was probably produced by the village blacksmith. Mounted on Ph...

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