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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Feb 1953
[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
25 Oct 1952
[Side 1] Wilsey tells anecdote about seeing apparition that turned out to be woman in nightdress looking for lost cat, recalls working in coal mine from age of twelve, describes long hours, harsh work...
The Silvery Slocan: History and Folklife
Smith, Peter
1977
A study of history and folklife among a mining community, the Slocan [Silver] Mining Division, in south-eastern British Columbia. The study is based on evidence from both documentary and oral sources,...
Mining Communities
1964-1969
This file contains items collected by two Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) students, for use in thesis research on mining communities. The first set of items relates to Carole Woodal...
Lead Mining in Nidderdale and Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
Oldroyd, Charles H
1977
A project which outlines the processes involved in the extraction of lead ore, and the production of the metal. A mine-by-mine history of lead mining activities in Nidderdale and Wharfedale is present...
Luck Stone and Horse Shoe
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1965
Luck stone and horse shoe hung on the wall in the backyard of a miner's cottage in Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1675. With ms. note.
Custom and Tradition in the Black Country
Smith, Carolyn Margaret
1972
A study comprising introductory sections on the industrial history of the Black Country, its steel, coal mining, nail making and chain making industries and associated communities. Further sections de...
The Decline of the Pit Village: A Study of Burradon, Northumberland
Thompson, Elizabeth Jane
1975
A study of one pit village, Burradon, in Northumberland, its colliery and community. Sections describe working life underground, attitudes to pit life, the role of the pitman's wife, community spirit ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Feb 1953
Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...
Occasional Poetry
[1970-1973]
This file contains ms. notes on verses written following the Lofthouse Colliery disaster and their authors; a printed copy of Ephraim Mugglestone's poem, 'The Tragedy of the Lofthouse Colliery Disaste...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
30 November 1976
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Waters of Tyne', and discusses learning it and other Geordie songs; sings/hums fragment of 'Buy Broom Besoms'; sings 'Bobb...
Mining in the Worsley Area of Lancashire
Taylor, Ruth
1974
A dissertation on customs, traditions and beliefs connected with the coal mining industry in the Worsley area of Lancashire, based on printed sources and interviews with four miners. Its sections pres...