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culture22
metal trade22
museums22
occupations22
implements, utensils etc20
buildings14
industries13
play12
manufacturing industries11
fishing8

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Hawley, Elizabeth K11
Langhorne, Richard7
Dipon, Mrs E. A.1

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File Cutter at West Yorkshire Folk Museum

[1960s]

Male cutting a file using blacksmith's tools at West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Mounted on Photo File card.

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"Tinker's Caravan"

1967

Gypsy Traveller caravan on display at the Ulster Folk Museum (now the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), Cultra (County Down). A man and woman are looking inside the caravan.

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Interior of Smithy at West Yorkshire Folk Museum
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Interior of Smithy at West Yorkshire Folk Museum

[1960s]

Interior of smithy at West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Two males punch holes in the iron hoop of a wheel using a mallet, hole punch, and anvil. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1355, LAVC/PHO/P1356 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1356 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1355 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1355 and LAVC/PHO/P1356.

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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View from above of barbed wire placed against the mould of a bending machine, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Bending Machine
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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View from above of barbed wire being bent against the mould of a bending machine, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View from above of a bending machine, used for shaping fish hooks, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Bending Machine
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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Side view of a bending machine, used for shaping fish hooks, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Barrelling (Fishhooks)
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Barrelling (Fishhooks)

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Fishhooks being barrelled as part of the scouring process, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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