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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...
Tradition and Belief in Industrial Communities: A Comparative Study of Middlesbrough and Some Durham Mining Villages
Woodall, Carole W
1965
An examination and comparison of the folklore of people living in Middlesbrough and Durham, based on fieldwork interviews in the homes and workplace of steelworkers (including a visit in 1964 to the w...
Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities
[1955-1979]
This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...
Sound Recording, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1963
Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter
[1966-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire
Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...