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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
20 Jul 1939
[Side 1] John Johnson, John Young and Jimmy talk about cuckoos, discuss nesting habits, describe hatching of young ones, recall recent visit to cuckoo's nest and seeing petrels nesting on ledges in ol...
Carter with Show Horse
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the 1930s of Mr. Pudsey, a carter from Rudston (East Riding of Yorkshire), with a horse specially decorated with paper and ribbons for a show. Mounted on Photo File card ...
Appleby Horse Fair
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
General view of the fair area at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1606.
Lowther State Chariot
[1970s]
Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows the Lowther state chariot (possibly belonging to James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale), which dates ...
Origin of Fairs - Ireland
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
1974
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lloyd Weedon on the origin of fairs in Ireland ([15] leaves). As well as explaining the background to the origin of fairs, and listing examples of Iri...
Appleby Horse Fair: Pony
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Boy on the back of a pony which is for sale, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1609.
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
1970-1971
Male informant talks about his father visiting a witch doctor at Ripon, and a cure involving a jar of nails taken from shoes; also refers to a ritual at a local church at midnight, and black cats. [Tr...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Nafferton, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
14 Apr 1955
[Side 1] Cyril talks about local choir, recalls ploughing and showing horses all round country, explains traditional ploughing technique and terms incl. 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end o...
Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1608.
Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1607.
Dialect recording in Ireby, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
05 Jun- 06 Jun 1954
[Side 1] Joe describes recent visit to Kirkby Stephen Show, talks about own flock of Swaledales, discusses grazing rights on fells, briefly describes sheep farming locally and recalls hired labour in ...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Baldwin, John R
1966-1969
Compilation of folk songs and conversation, selected from fieldwork recordings LAVC/SRE/A476r - A493r. The majority of the (male and female) singers were recorded in their own homes, singing unaccompa...