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Total number of records: 187

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
food187
food crops187
implements, utensils etc187
occupations183
agriculture178
culture142
english language - dialects128
community life120
nature118
animals109

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)124
Fothergill, George William47
Raw, David23
Barry, Michael V (1935-)16
Fothergill, Mrs14
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)11
Hodgson, John Oswald9
Kylstra, Henk E8
Holdsworth, Mr N.7
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6
Bean Barrow
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Bean Barrow

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Bean barrow used for sowing beans and peas, Holgate Farm, Hurst Moor ( Arkengarthdale). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note and catalogue details partially in the hand of Werner Kissling.

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Hay Harvest
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Hay Harvest

McNay, Ian

1966

Farm worker harvesting hay using a combine harvester, in a field on the Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales).

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Apple Peeler

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Mechanical apple peeler dating to around 1851, in use at the home of farmer Jack Lynas, Holgate Farm, Hurst Moor ( Arkengarthdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1148. With ms. note.

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Orange Peeler
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Orange Peeler

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Strip of three contact prints, showing an orange peeler/zester from various angles. The peeler's owner, and the location in which it was photographed, have not been unidentified.

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Orange Peeler
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Orange Peeler

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Strip of four contact prints, showing an orange peeler/zester from various angles. The peeler's owner, and the location in which it was photographed, have not been unidentified.

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Scythe

[1970s]

Scythe with long wooden handle, displayed at the Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Bracken Cutting
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Bracken Cutting

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century of two men cutting bracken with scythes on a steep hillside at an unidentified location.

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Apple Peeler

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Farmer, Jack Lynas, demonstrating a mechanical apple peeler dating to around 1851, still in use at his home, Holgate Farm, Hurst Moor ( Arkengarthdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1147....

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Apple Peeler

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Farmer, Jack Lynas, demonstrating a mechanical apple peeler dating to around 1851, still in use at his home, Holgate Farm, Hurst Moor ( Arkengarthdale). This is an unmounted contact print which has be...

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Sound Recording, Essex

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[June 1958]

Stacey George Dyer, recorded in Great Chesterford; talks about his grandfather and his work as a farm labourer; names for men mowing, depending on their position in the team; harvesting machinery; bin...

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Haymaking by Hand: Whetting the Scythe Blade
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Haymaking by Hand: Whetting the Scythe Blade

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Mr. David Raw sharpening the large smith-made blade of a scythe, Kettlewell ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0994. With typed note, and ms. note in the hand of Werner Kissling....

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Haymaking by Hand: Whetting the Scythe Blade
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Haymaking by Hand: Whetting the Scythe Blade

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Mr. David Raw sharpening the large smith-made blade of a scythe, Kettlewell ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0993. With typed note, and ms. note in the hand of Werner Kissling....

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