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Bragg, Mr1
Bragg, Mrs1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
England, Mr1
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Ihalainen, Ossi1
Jury, Stanley1
Medcalfe, Miss1
Mullins, Fred1
Svaneholm Landscape
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Svaneholm Landscape

April 1965

View of the forest landscape at Svaneholm (Varmlands Lan(?), Sweden). The area is well cultivated, with crops replacing former areas of timber.

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Forest View
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Forest View

[1970s]

View looking through trees in a forest at an unidentified location in misty conditions.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

23 Aug 1952

[Side 1] John describes daily routine on farm, incl. mucking out, milking, 'brushing' [= trimming] hedges, talks about going to local pub, recalls occasion when he came home drunk. [Side 2] John talks...

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Archive Sub-series

Forestry

1969-1971

This subseries, comprising one file only, includes Oliver Rackham's article on the ancient woodlands of East Anglia, extracted from 'Country Life' (21 October 1971), pp. 1062-1066; William Seymour's a...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset

Ihalainen, Ossi

1971

[Collector announcement]; Fred Mullins [tape box label reads Frank Mullins], recorded at Exford; talks about working in service on a farm at the age of eight; leaving school aged twelve and working on...

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Housekeeping - General

1965-1980

This file contains items relating to housekeeping and domestic arrangements, and associated customs. This includes a photocopy of Edith Martin's 'Do You Know Cornwall?: Chips and Shavings from a Corni...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset

Palmer, Kingsley

c. 1968-1969

[Collector announcement]; Fred Patten talks about a Devil's Stone; the local church; egg shackling (children's game); Oak Apple Day; local curses and Barrington Hill; protection against the Devil; bat...

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