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Dialect recording in Lowick, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Jul 1939
[Side 1] Jack and Bill talk about gardening, discuss 'teddies' [= potato] crop, onions, roses, mushrooms, cabbages, Brussels sprouts, broccoli. [Side 2] Jack and Bill reminisce about schooldays (frequ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Jan 1957
[Side 1] George discusses land use around Wheatley, reflects on decline in fruit farming locally, recalls introduction of price controls and requirement to supply jam factories during World War 1, com...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Melsonby, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
01 Nov 1952
[Side 1] Jack tells amusing anecdote about winning sweepstake to guess size of two prize turnips: wet Friday afternoon at quarry so headed 'hame' [= home], changed into night 'claes' [= clothes] and s...
Cornish Harvest Cart
[1970s]
Cornish harvest cart, Stratton (Cornwall). The cart is open at the front and back. Mounted on Photo File card.
Yorkshire Harvest Cart
[1970s]
Side view of a Yorkshire harvest cart at an unidentified location (possibly in Yorkshire). The cart is open at the front and back. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1226. With ms. note.
Yorkshire Harvest Cart
[1970s]
View of the underside of a Yorkshire harvest cart at an unidentified location (possibly in Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1225. With ms. note.
Yorkshire Harvest Cart
[1970s]
View from the front of a Yorkshire harvest cart, with open front and back, at an unidentified location, probably in Yorkshire.
Sound Recordings, Herefordshire and Shropshire
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
Unidentified butcher, recorded in his shop in Leominster; talks about delivering meat (carrying/taking orders); working hours; slaughtering; butchering career - working in Weobley (and Leominster sinc...
Survey of Domestic Eating Arrangements, 1980-1981
1980-1981
This file contains papers written by students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) during an exercise forming part of the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies. The students w...
Survey of Domestic Eating Arrangements, 1981-1982
1981-1982
This file contains papers written by students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) during an exercise forming part of the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies. The students w...
Migrant Hop-Pickers in Kent
Kemp, P K
1970
A dissertation in seven sections, covering hop-picking in Kent from the end of the nineteenth century to 1970. The first section gives a description of the hop and its distribution and uses, putting i...
Harvesting
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of harvested corn being led in at an unidentified location in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The corn is stacked high on a wagon pulled by a four-ho...