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Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
16 July 1847
Letter to Leyland encouraging him to visit Haworth, and commenting on Brontë’s attempt to better look after himself following a fit and heart palpitations. Also discusses his depressed state and in...
Survey of English Dialects recording in North Elmham, Norfolk
01 Feb 1957
[Side 1] Edward talks about local wildlife, explains difference between 'mouse-hunter' [= small weasel], stoat, weasel and vole, recalls first encounter with black vole when setting snares by dyke, ta...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Unidentified
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s]
Mr. Woodhead, recorded in Clayton; talks about fitting a halter on a cow; bulls; cattle breeding and artificial insemination; Wibsey Horse Fair; local Tide (Feast/Fair); milk herd; daily milking routi...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T
August 1957
Ernest Kent, recorded in Netheravon; talks about driving hay waggons in the summer; Michaelmas ploughing with oxen; his father; hoeing and rates of pay; threshing with a flail; rates of pay; gleaned c...
The Ernest Bradbury Archive 1959
1959
THE ERNEST BRADBURY ARCHIVE 1959 Readers of later years in this archive may note that the detailed sheets attached are fewer than usual. This does not imply a lesser amount of work tackled by Ernest...