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food11
food industry and trade11
occupations11
meat10
clothing and dress9
culture9
english language - dialects9
persons9
textile industry9
folklore5

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Upton, Clive S10
Hartshorne, Brian2
Brown, Charles1
Clifton, Gerald1
Feather, Leslie1
Lindley, Mrs1
Lindley, Raymond1
Mallinson, J Mrs1
Morgan, Wilf1
Preece, Roy1
Coal-Fired Range
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Coal-Fired Range

Mallinson, J Mrs

March 1967

Coal-fired range in Leslie Feather's shop, Haworth (West Yorkshire). The range is eight feet long, with two hotplates each two inches thick, and was made by Joseph Wright of Shipley. The heat is regul...

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Sound Recording, Warwickshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Mr. D. T. Wharton, recorded in Rugby; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. The answers relate to the beef and pork s...

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Sound Recording, West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Brian Hartshorne, a butcher recorded in Wolverhampton [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A716r]; talks about slaughtering animals; pests and damaged meat; offal, blood and meat products; pickling; butcheri...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Charles Brown [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A709r], recorded in Stoke-on-Trent; talks about his work as a butcher; meat processing equipment/implements; meat display; butcher's shop fixtures and fitti...

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Sound Recording, Derby

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Raymond Lindley and his wife [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A705r, possibly recorded in Spondon, on the outskirts of Derby]; talk of meat contamination and pests; offal, blood products and other by-pro...

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Sound Recording, Herefordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Roy Preece, recorded in Hereford; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poul...

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Sound Recording, Shropshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

John Whittall [recorded in a butcher's shop in Shrewsbury] gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to ...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Collector's father describes the old and modern methods of slaughtering cattle, sheep, lambs and pigs; talks about the treatment and processing of animal carcasses; terminology for rabbits, hare and d...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Ivy Simmons [Simmonds?], recorded with her husband [?at home in Tamworth]; answers questions about names given to pig meat, making brawn and pickling; names for chickens, tur...

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Sound Recordings, Gloucestershire and the West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Gerald Clifton, recorded in Moreton-in-Marsh [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A715r]; talks about the displaying of meat in a butcher's shop; shop fixtures and fittings; the refrigeration of meat; butche...

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Sound Recording, Greater Manchester

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Wilf Morgan, butcher, recorded in Mossley [interview starts mid conversation]; talks about his experiences as a butcher; boning a piece of beef and cuts of beef; meat prices ...

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