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Total number of records: 6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture6
english language - dialects6
occupations6
retail trade6
community life5
entertainment events3
home3
markets3
well-being3
agriculture2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Beels, Gillian Rosemary1
Bonham-Carter, Victor1
Cardus, Stella1
Garton, J. A.1
Holt, Rachel A1
Houck, Charles L1
Parker, Gladys1
Parker, Mr1
Randle, Olivia Susan1
Read, John (1884-1963)1

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Street Cries of London

Beels, Gillian Rosemary

1972

A study of the cries of London street traders, divided into two parts. The first traces the history and development of street cries, whilst the second considers the situation existing in 1972. The lat...

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Rochdale Market: Its History and Customs

Randle, Olivia Susan

1971

A study of Rochdale Market, comprising chapters giving historical background information, descriptions of the market and its administration in 1971, childhood in Rochdale at the turn of the twentieth ...

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Loughborough Market

Holt, Rachel A

1971

A study of Loughborough Market, comprising ten chapters and nine appendices. The chapters offer general comments on markets, the population of Leicestershire, descriptions of Loughborough Market from ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Starkey, Helen

28 Sep 1976 - 29 Sep 1979

Foodways: informants [ Gladys Parker and her husband], recorded in Brighouse, talk about beer/wine making; Sowerby Bridge Dock Pudding; Christmas food - preparation, ingredients for Christmas meal; Ea...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Read, John (1884-1963)

8 July 1958

[John Read announcement]; John Read, recorded at the home of his friend, Victor Bonham-Carter, in East Anstey, giving his recollections of country life and the dialect in south-eastern Somerset. Talks...

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