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Quarrymen and Draft Horse
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of two quarry workers with a draft horse harnessed to a cart, in a quarry at an unidentified location. The workers and horse are standing in fr...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Brief discussion of new road, description of working conditions in quarry, cutting by hand, working in hot weather. [Side 2] Comparison of working conditions and wages at quarry and on farm (...
Stone Building (Bay Horse Inn)
Brunk, Wille
[1967]
Gable end of an old stone building/dwelling house. A note on the sleeve in which this photograph was originally enclosed suggests that it may be the Bay Horse Inn at Great Broughton (North Yorkshire),...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1963
Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Grinton and Keld. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...
School Building
[1970s]
View of an old stone school building(?) at an unidentified village in the Yorkshire Dales.
Dry Stone Dwellings
1970
This file contains 2 articles extracted from 'Country Life' magazine, both reader's letters accompanied by illustrations of stone dwellings. Includes clocháns on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, a...
Dialect recording in Haggate, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
26 Feb 1954
[Side 1] Albert talks about his family, describes great-grandfather's and great-uncle's work as gamekeeper and 'water-watcher' [= water-bailiff] catching poachers, recalls 'laking' [= playing] out, me...
Track and Dry Stone Walls
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
May 1965
Farm track running between 2 dry stone walls at Thorpe ( Wharfedale).
Dales Landscape
[1970s]
View of landscape at an unidentified location in the Yorkshire Dales(?). The view looks down a winding road with a dry stone wall running alongside, down a valley, with high ground in the background.