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Total number of records: 222

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community life222
food222
food crops222
occupations216
agriculture209
nature171
animals153
culture152
implements, utensils etc120
vehicles117

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)69
Fothergill, George William45
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)24
Barry, Michael V (1935-)18
Dunn, Ginette17
Fothergill, Mrs11
Kylstra, Henk E9
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)7
Panheinen, Ossi7
Tammivaara, Irmeli7

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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...

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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...

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Cornish Harvest Cart

[1970s]

Cornish harvest cart, Stratton (Cornwall). The cart is open at the front and back. Mounted on Photo File card.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Harvesters

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a group of harvesters on a farm in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The harvesters range from young boys to old men, and wear differ...

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Harvesting Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the 1930s of Mr. Pudsey, a carter, with another farmworker and harvesting team, Rudston (East Riding of Yorkshire). A cart loaded with hay can be seen in the background. ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

July 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape on 17 July 1974; sings 'City of Laughter'. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tapes LAVC/SRE/A340r and LAVC/SRE/A341r. Bob Hart, recorded at home on 2...

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Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

August 1958

George Gilliat, recorded in Winterton; talks about his working life; childhood recollections of making ?cowbands and tending calves; farm pay, attitudes to work; work with horses; horse breaking; pare...

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