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Total number of records: 80

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
implements, utensils etc80
occupations77
food69
nature63
community life61
agriculture60
animals60
food crops57
culture56
english language - dialects54

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)50
Fothergill, George William47
Fothergill, Mrs12
Feather, Leslie9
Mallinson, J Mrs9
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Scott, William3
William3
Wright, John T3

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Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Cawood, Yorkshire

Wright, Peter

10 Mar 1952

[Side 1] William discusses ploughing with horses, talks about masters he worked under, compares wages and working conditions now and in past. [Side 2] Walter talks about working with horses, tells ane...

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Lead Miner with Hand Bucker
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Lead Miner with Hand Bucker

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Mr. William Scott, retired lead miner of Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale) with mining tools. Mr. Scott holds a hand bucker. Other tools are visible on the bench beside him. Mounted on Photo File card wit...

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Lead Miner with Hammer
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Lead Miner with Hammer

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Mr. William Scott, retired lead miner of Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale) with mining tools. Mr. Scott holds a hammer used for striking the drill prior to blasting. A drill, or jumper, is propped against...

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Lead Miner with Tools
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Lead Miner with Tools

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Mr. William Scott, retired lead miner of Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale) with mining tools. Mr. Scott tests a miner's axe head for sharpness. Other tools, including a hammer and drill, lie on the bench ...

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Sound Recordings, Northumberland, Durham, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and South Wales

BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)

[1950s]

'The Big Hewer', the fourth of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and Pegg...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A796r]; talks about hedging and ditching, related terminology and tools used; his father's speech; the price of beer/ale; a brewe...

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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...

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Archive Sub-series

Forestry

1969-1971

This subseries, comprising one file only, includes Oliver Rackham's article on the ancient woodlands of East Anglia, extracted from 'Country Life' (21 October 1971), pp. 1062-1066; William Seymour's a...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Sound Recordings, Essex and Suffolk

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

July 1959

William Sibley, recorded in Stisted; talks about his time as a bellringer; farm work as a boy, trimming thatch, stock boy; wages and working days; work with horses and steam plough; work on the farm a...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958-1959

[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...

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