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Total number of records: 47

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life47
entertainment events47
manners and customs47
religion47
social life and customs32
occupations29
culture27
food25
agriculture24
holidays24

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)6
Tammivaara, Irmeli4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Monaghan, Ann M3
Calvert, Valerie E2
Cleave, Mr2
Higgenbottom2
Higginbottom, Mr Bernard2
Hilton, Mr Arthur2
Neale, Brenda Ann2

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Neale, Brenda Ann

26 February 1977

[Collector announcement]; the wedding ceremony and reception for the marriage of the informants recorded on tapes LAVC/SRE/A571r - A574r. The wedding service was recorded in St Wilfrid's Churchin Leed...

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Some of the Festivals Celebrated in Mauritius

Bhayat, Farouk

1975

A description of (religious) festivals observed on the island of Mauritius. The study includes an introduction to the island and its people, followed by sections on the Chinese New Year, Hindu, Tamil,...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset

Mitchell, Sarah L G

1978-1979

[Collector announcement: informant collector's mother]; E. M. Mitchell, of Bath, talks about present-day Christmas traditions - shopping, cards, present buying, house decorations; Christmas Eve tradit...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

[1973]

Male informant [? Mr. Suddell], recorded in Preston, talks about the Preston Guild of 1972 - organisation, description of themed Catholic procession, costumes - role of the Committee [informant's neph...

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Preston Guild Merchant: A Study of Traditional Involvement in a Civic Ceremony

Monaghan, Ann M

1974

A dissertation providing impressions of the 1972 Preston Guild Merchant ( Preston, Lancashire), based on personal observation and interviews with local people (who also provided information on the 195...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Male informant [? Mr. Suddell - informant refers to an ancestor, Roger Suddell; nephew, Paul, also contributes], recorded in Preston, gives a history of the Preston Guild; church processions, trades p...

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Walking Day: A Study of Church and Sunday School Processions in the North West

Baguley, Glynis Mary

1975

A study of the traditions associated with the Walking Day custom observed in Lancashire, Cheshire and parts of Yorkshire. This generally takes the form of a procession of Sunday School children and ch...

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Sure and Steadfast: A Study of Tradition in The Boys' Brigade

White, Peter S

1983

A study of the practices in the 3rd Sutton Coldfield Company of the Boys' Brigade, and also the 10th Leeds Company, based on the collector's experience as a member of the former for ten years, and inv...

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Spring and Summer Festivals

1963-1981

This file includes a colour section from the West Yorkshire Road Car Company calendar for 1963 on well-dressing in Tissington, Derbyshire, on Ascension Day; a section of a colour poster on the May Day...

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A Diachronic Study of Aspects of the Celebration of Passover in England. 1920s and 1980s Compared

Niman, Jonathan L

1983

A study of the Jewish festival of Passover in England, comparing recollections and experiences recorded during interviews with residents of a Jewish Old People's Home in Manchester (in 1982), and gath...

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Sound Recording,

Holloway, Charles

30 December 1978

The collector's parents, Mr. C. R. P. Holloway and Mrs. W. J. Holloway discuss family Christmas traditions - games, children's parties, belief in Santa Claus, Christmas walks, skating on Boxing Day, h...

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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images include a star-shaped corn dolly, and a corn dolly in ...

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