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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Paxton, N Sally
7 June 1976
Walter Greaves (of Cross Hills) talks about blacksmithing and farriery; definitions; wheelwrighting; work techniques; family history; learning the trade; the Rural Industries Bureau; drop forging; sho...
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.
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
28 wooden and metal needle supports from the collection of Alderman Singleton of Baildon (West Yorkshire). They include brass cavalier leg supports (examples of foot preoccupation sticks), turned wood...
Smelting Mill: Langthwaite
1966
Copy of a photograph of the interior of the octagonal smelting mill at Langthwaite taken in 1910. Massive roof timbers visible. Mr. Waller, the Arkengarthdale estate joiner, in foreground. The mill wa...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Six fancy wooden and metal needle supports from the collection of Mrs. E. A. Dipon of Alston (Cumbria). Includes a support dated 1847 with heart and diamond decoration; a stick bag, or poke, of chamoi...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
[1960s]
Postcard print of carved and turned wooden needle supports, and metal needle supports, from the collection at the Textile Department, Bankfield Museum, Halifax (West Yorkshire). Unmounted.
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Ivall, Roderick
1973
[Collector announcement]; Arthur Barber, a retired wheelwright, recorded in his home in the Alwoodley district of Leeds in February 1973; talks about his family wheelwrighting business; the family far...
Dales Crafts and Craftsmen
Walton, James
[1930s-1940s]
Articles written by James Walton on the craftsmen of the Yorkshire Dales, for the series 'Dales Crafts and Craftsmen' in 'The Yorkshire Dalesman', extracted and pasted into a hard-backed scrapbook. Th...
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, Berkshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
March 1959
[Collector announcement]; Mr. Stiff, recorded in Swallowfield; makes reference to working at the residence of the Duke of Wellington, at Farley Hill; talks of his interest in the kitchen there and its...
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...
Some Warwickshire Crafts
Wharton, Colin S
1969
This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...