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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
07 Jun 1939
[Side 1] William and Madge compare share of domestic chores, incl. work in garden, sewing, darning and washing. [Side 2] Amy and Madge discuss attending ARP [=Air Raid Precautions] meetings, describe ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
15 Apr 1955
[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...
Housekeeping - General
1965-1980
This file contains items relating to housekeeping and domestic arrangements, and associated customs. This includes a photocopy of Edith Martin's 'Do You Know Cornwall?: Chips and Shavings from a Corni...
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 ...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
21 Jul 1938
[Side 1] Recipe for gooseberry chutney, jams, tarts, discussion of films showing at local 'pictures' [= cinema], comparison of daily chores, plans for forthcoming carnival, including playing in ladies...
Swaledale Boundary Dispute and Other Papers
1859-1869
Original ms. papers, in multiple hands. The principle manuscript in this file (23 leaves) relates to a 19th century boundary dispute in Swaledale. The dispute relates to the enclosure of lands in the ...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Wally Hull, recorded at Little Downham on the 15 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A672r]; talks about winter weather; skating and champion skaters; his work as a postm...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
07 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Mrs. Ritson and Madge discuss embroidery for church bazaar, compare hand sewing with machine sewing, mention range of home-baked breads and cakes available at bazaar. [Side 2] William and Mad...
Wooden Industries
1959-1974
This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...
The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...
Glimpses of Industrial Bradford
Fieldhouse, Elizabeth Mary
1972
A study comprising six sections. The Introduction presents a history of the woollen and worsted industries, whilst the second section outlines phases in industrial development, from the guild and dome...
Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk
Niccolls, Sharon
1982
A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...