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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire
Siporin, Rae Lee
June 1965
[Collector announcement]; Bella Green, recorded in Nether Whitacre; talks about her childhood; working in service at a farm in Coleshill; farm work - hoeing, digging, carting, harvesting; horse raking...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Calvert, Kit (1903-1984)
[1960s]
Kit Calvert, recorded by himself at home in Hawes; recollects his childhood and the calendar custom known as New Year's Gifting - walking the village of Hawes, collecting gifts from villagers (pennies...
Sound Recordings, Dorset
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Spiller of Broadwindsor talks about farming; milking cows; hedging and the decline in the numbers of hedgers; farm horses and ploughing; weeding corn; haymaking; women labourers; informant's famil...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Stigell, Ossi
1976
Mr. Dallyn of Halberton [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/689r] talks about his parents and grandparents; refers to a Club Walk and fair in ?; markets in Tiverton and Tiverton Junction. [Tr. 7] [Collect...
Sound Recordings, Dorset
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Studley of Broadwindsor talks about the history of his family's farm; type of farming; livestock; recollections of farm work when a child; harvest time and the custom of making sweet hay; haymakin...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Pasanen, Leena
11 August 1971
[Collector announcement]; George Parker and Mr. Cutting, recorded at Mr. Parker's home in Pettaugh; talk about the flooding of the village in 1912; Mr. Parker working for Mr. Cutting, carting produce ...
Sound Recordings, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Nottingamshire
Siporin, Rae Lee
1965
Charles Swindles, recorded in Bamford; introduces himself and his wife and daughters; talks about Bamford; the River Derwent and the Howden Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Ladybower Reservoir; local ...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E
1957-1961
[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...
Sound Recordings, Salop, Cheshire and Staffordshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1966
Mr. R. Morris, recorded in Llanymynech (Salop) on the 26 September 1966; talks about types of plough; waggoners; ploughing (matches); corn stacks; haymaking - use of horse mower, turning, making cocks...