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Total number of records: 28

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well-being28
health25
community life24
buildings23
occupations22
food16
home16
manners and customs15
nature15
agriculture14

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Morris, Patricia M3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Dunn, Ginette2
Metcalf, Olive2
Parry, David (1937-)2
Bachelor, Danny1
Bbc1
Bellfield, Billy1
Blake, Mr William1

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Miners and Washing Shed

1966

Copy of a photograph taken in 1910, of a group of lead miners outside the washing shed at Nut Hole Level, Faggergill Mine, Faggergill Moor ( Arkengarthdale). The names of the miners featured in the ph...

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The Leeds Wash-Houses: A Study of Urban Folk Life

Wilson, Janet Elizabeth

1976

A study of wash-houses in Leeds, based on information gathered from official handbooks and annual reports, newspaper articles and interviews with women using wash-houses (some also conducted in their ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958

George Moorhouse and Annie Moorhouse, recorded in Windhill; talk about houses and housing; animal keeping; upbringings; [textile] mill work; vandalism and modern children; anecdotes about various loca...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Longtown, Cumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

11 Sep 1955

[Side 1] Rebecca recounts several experiences as midwife, recalls time when young mother and baby died in childbirth before she could assist, describes how woman had had premonition several days earli...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in York, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

19 Aug 1953

[Side 1] Joe tells anecdote about getting lost when out with cart one night, describes changes to street in his lifetime, remembers regular cooperation with neighbour over waggons, briefly mentions mo...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

17 September 1981

[Collector announcement]; Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about living in back-to-back housing, Greenhow Walk; housework, including cleaning, gas lamps, cooking, ...

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The Rites of Passage of Baptism, Marriage and Death in Shotton Colliery

Hargreaves, Lesley

1982

A study of birth, marriage and death customs observed by the people of Shotton Colliery in the early part of the twentieth century, based on printed sources and recollections gathered by the collector...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

October 1981

Dorothy Ibbotson, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; sings 'The Warrior's Little Boy' (learned from her grandmother), and talks about her attempts to trace the song's origins; gives biog...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

23 Aug 1952

[Side 1] John describes daily routine on farm, incl. mucking out, milking, 'brushing' [= trimming] hedges, talks about going to local pub, recalls occasion when he came home drunk. [Side 2] John talks...

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Lowry's Town has Gone

Dixon, Beverley Anne

1980

A study of Salford, comprising six chapters. The introductory chapter includes quotations from the artist L. S. Lowry, and comments by others on his representation of people and place. The second chap...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about the village Youth Hostel; her parents and siblings; food, diet and bread baking; own family and children; working in service; childhood in L...

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Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]

Bryon, Fiona

10 Jun 1980 - 15 Dec 1980

Jim Roche [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A087] talks about his Trade Union involvement as a Shop Steward in the Leeds clothing industry: industrial and social problems of members; church involvement in...

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