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Sound Recording, Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
Jul 23 1979
Bell ringing practise session in Send [preceded by general conversation as the ringers assemble]. Various changes, interspersed with conversation during breaks. Recorded 23 July 1979.
Sound Recording, Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
Jul 30 1979
[Collector's announcement: name of collector, date of interviews.] [Tr. 4] Interview with Send bell ringers - length of service, motivation and competition. Principal informant is the Tower Captain....
Sound Recording, Nottinghamshire
Warren, Vivien P.
20 March 1966
Mothering Sunday service recorded in and outside Coddington Church, Coddington. Prayers; reference to the Mothering Sunday Revival movement, organised by Constance Penswick-Smith[pseudonym: real name ...
West Country Folklore Pamphlets
1969-1975
This file contains pamphlets from the 'West Country Folklore Series', edited by Theo Brown. The pamphlets in this file relate to the folklore of Dorset and Devon, although the series covers all counti...
Sound Recording, Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
Nov 30 1979
[Collector announcement: date, given as November 31st]; interviews with Send bell ringers - peals for special occasions (jubilees, weddings, funerals, calling out the Parson - not done in Send, but re...
Aspects of the West Indian Culture and its Survival in an Urban English Environment - Manchester
Mulley, Ian
1977
M.A. study of West Indian culture in Manchester, based on limited fieldwork and a relatively small number of interviews (predominantly with children attending schools in Moss Side and Greenheys). Chap...
Spring Custom in a North-Western Town: March to June in Salford
Edwards, Janet E
1967
A description of Spring calendar customs observed in Salford, Greater Manchester.
Innovation and Change in the Celebration of Christmas in the Ukrainian Community of Lower Hurst
Drinkwater, Jane Margaret
1976
A study of a community of Ukrainian immigrants living in the Lower Hurst area of Greater Manchester, near Ashton-under-Lyne, with particular reference to customs and beliefs associated with their cele...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Neale, Brenda Ann
11 March 1976
[Collector announcement]; female, recorded in her parents' house in Leeds; describes her first meeting with her future husband; first date; buying drinks; meeting in-laws; presents; going out annivers...
Sound Recording, New Zealand
Dunn, Ginette
[1973]
Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; tells a story of a fishing trip and a charm spoken to bring on a storm [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A661r]; talk of Maori spells known by the ...
Woman and Marriage in Islam
Yedder, Abderahmane Muhammed
1975
Study submitted for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies, with chapters on the definition of marriage in the tradition of Islam, marriage among Jahilia (the Arab before Islam), woman before a...
Change-Ringing: The Development of Bells and Change-Ringing with Particular Reference to the Ringers of Send Church in Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
1980
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a history of church bells and change-ringing, with sections on the origin of church bells, the use of church bells, bell-founders, bell-metal, ...