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The Future of the Bicycle in a Modern Society
Claxton, E C
1968
This file contains a copy of Claxton's paper, read to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) on 15 November 1967, and extracted from the 'Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'(January 1968), pp. 114-134. The...
Sheep and Farm Cart
[1970s]
View of fields at an unidentified location. In the foreground are grazing sheep and a wooden farm cart with 2 wheels.
Faroese Fishing Boat
1965
Faroese fishing boat sailing in the waters off Torshavn (Faroe Islands), with hills in the background.
Faroese Fishing Boat
1965
Faroese fishing boat sailing in the waters off Torshavn (Faroe Islands). The view looks from the sea towards steep hill slopes .
Horse and Water Cart
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of farmer, Mr. R. Easterly, with a horse harnessed to a water cart in the yard of a farm in the Driffield area (East Riding of Yorkshire). The wate...
Vestmanna (Faroe Islands)
1965
View taken from a boat on the sea, of the coastal settlement at Vestmanna (Faroe Islands), showing dwellings, a church (built on a rocky outcrop near to the sea), and other buildings. A Faroese fishin...
Water-Wheel: Axle
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966
Axle of a working water-wheel at a mill in Aiskew (North Yorkshire). At the time of photographing, the wheel was being used to grind corn and was in use on an almost daily basis. Mounted on Photo File...
Dialect recording in Ireby, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
05 Jun- 06 Jun 1954
[Side 1] Joe describes recent visit to Kirkby Stephen Show, talks about own flock of Swaledales, discusses grazing rights on fells, briefly describes sheep farming locally and recalls hired labour in ...
Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire
Haldenby, Cynthia
August 1958
George Howson, recorded at Barton-upon-Humber, describes working as a fire man on commercial freight river boats sailing from Ferriby Sluice; names the boats sailing from this point to locations in Hu...
Sound Recordings, Kent
North, David J
December 1978
[Collector announcement]; Alf Tullet (born in Cowden) and his wife, Mrs. Tullet (born in Chiddingstone), recorded in their home in Hever on the 29 December 1978. The conversation concerns the making a...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...
Miscellaneous Contact Prints
[1960s]
Sheet of contact prints with images of landscape (3); 1 blank cell; gravestones (2); thatched cottage abutting modern dwelling house, and door fittings, including LAVC/PHO/P2137-2140 (6); shepherds' c...