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Langhorne, Richard9
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Annet, Mrs F. E.1
Bainbridge, Charles1
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Dibnah, Miss Marjory1
Dipon, Mrs E. A.1
Ellin, Thomas R1
Farrar, William1
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

[1960s]

Postcard print of carved and turned wooden needle supports, and metal needle supports, from the collection at the Textile Department, Bankfield Museum, Halifax (West Yorkshire). Unmounted.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1355, LAVC/PHO/P1356 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1356 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1355 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1355 and LAVC/PHO/P1356.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Ten knitting needle supports from the Bradford district (West Yorkshire), part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. They include metal supports, turned wood supports and a leather p...

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Sheffield Dialect Words

Ellin, Thomas R

1929-1934

Four notebooks of the address book variety, with A-Z thumb tabs down the right-hand side, containing collections of Sheffield dialect words. The first, bearing the words Where is it in gold lettering ...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

28 wooden and metal needle supports from the collection of Alderman Singleton of Baildon (West Yorkshire). They include brass cavalier leg supports (examples of foot preoccupation sticks), turned wood...

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Sound Recording, Birmingham

Penny, E John

8 June 1963

Fred Hobbis, recorded in Northfield, talks about Northfield nailmakers (nailers); collection and delivery of nails; nailers' working hours; nail-making process and types of nail made; nail-making equi...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Six fancy wooden and metal needle supports from the collection of Mrs. E. A. Dipon of Alston (Cumbria). Includes a support dated 1847 with heart and diamond decoration; a stick bag, or poke, of chamoi...

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Notes on Some Photographs

[1970s]

This file contains a sheet of ms. notes relating to photographs held in the LAVC photographic collections. The author is unidentified. Notes on scythes appear to be related to Werner Kissling's phot...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four chain needle supports from the collection of Charles Bainbridge of Middleton in Teesdale. The supports were made at the Nenthead mines when Mr. Bainbridge worked there as a miner, and appear neve...

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