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Barry, Michael V (1935-)8
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Tilling, Philip M (1938-)3
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Archive File

Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection

O'Brien, Kathleen Celia

1978

A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...

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The search for a style : Country life and architecture, 1897-1935

Cornforth, John (1937-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Includes bibliographical references (page 9) and index.

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Dialect and Linguistic Pamphlets

1940-1974

This file contains 19 dialect- and linguistics-related pamphlets, offprints and reprints, deposited in the Dialect File. Many include inscriptions from the author to Harold Orton. Includes: - Der La...

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

20 Jul 1939

[Side 1] John Johnson, John Young and Jimmy talk about cuckoos, discuss nesting habits, describe hatching of young ones, recall recent visit to cuckoo's nest and seeing petrels nesting on ledges in ol...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Starkey, Helen

28 Sep 1976 - 29 Sep 1979

Foodways: informants [ Gladys Parker and her husband], recorded in Brighouse, talk about beer/wine making; Sowerby Bridge Dock Pudding; Christmas food - preparation, ingredients for Christmas meal; Ea...

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The Living Dialect of Rillington

Bateson, Margaret

1958

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Rillington in North Yorkshire, based on fieldwork data collected in 1957, a thesis ( 'An Account of the Dialect of Rillington') written in 1935 by C. T....

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Moskva i moskvichi : izbrannye glavy

Gili͡arovskiĭ, V A (1853-1935)

2015

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

June 1974

[Collector announcement]; May Hard, recorded in Pymore on 13 June 1974; talks about her father's job as a blacksmith, shoes for horses and donkeys, cart repairs, making harrows, repairing/sharpening p...

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Islington past : a visual history of Islington

Richardson, John (1935-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Includes index.

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Brooks's : a social history

Ziegler, Philip; Seward, Desmond (1935-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1991

Essays contributed by members of the club.

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A history of everyday things in England : done in four parts (v.iv)

Quennell, Marjorie; Quennell, C H B (1872-1935); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1938-1945]

v. 1. 1066-1499.--v. 2. 1500-1799.--v. 3. The rise of industrialism, 1733-1851.--v. 4. The age of production, 1851-1945.

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A history of everyday things in England : done in four parts (v.iii)

Quennell, Marjorie; Quennell, C H B (1872-1935); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1938-1945]

v. 1. 1066-1499.--v. 2. 1500-1799.--v. 3. The rise of industrialism, 1733-1851.--v. 4. The age of production, 1851-1945.

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