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Total number of records: 56

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metal trade56
occupations56
implements, utensils etc23
nature21
animals19
buildings16
industries15
culture9
community life8
agriculture6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Snaith, Eric36
Brunk, Wille34
Brunk Wille6
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)5
Bennett, Mrs2
Bennett, Ray2
Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Hart, William2
Paxton, N Sally2
Sullivan, Keith Frederick2

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Paxton, N Sally

7 June 1976

Walter Greaves (of Cross Hills) talks about blacksmithing and farriery; definitions; wheelwrighting; work techniques; family history; learning the trade; the Rural Industries Bureau; drop forging; sho...

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Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

August 1958

George Bell, recorded at Winteringham; talks about his working life; being in service, starting farm work at the age of fifteen; working with horses at Keelby Grange (second to the Waggoner); job of W...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Two males in conversation, recorded in Filey in April 1962. [Date when this copy tape made not known.] Reference to local people; fish and chip shops; singing in local pubs; fishing related - nets/lin...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; talks about being employed as a veterinary's groom; talks about working hours, and relates a number of anecdotes; talks about...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; talks about sea fishing (first, aged eleven) from Grimsby (no fishing on a Sunday); fishing on Dogger Bank; tacking into the ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Whitney, Norman F

[1961/1962]

Male and female [?students] interview an unidentified blacksmith in Glaisdale; who describes making horseshoes and fitting a new shoe to a horse (shoeing); describes a horseshoe, and compares shoeing ...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and Leicestershire

Paxton, N Sally

1976

Glen Brook recorded in conversation in his workshop in Healaugh, whilst working [on ?horseshoes]. Recorded 29 June 1976. [Tr. 1]

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Blacksmith's Shop
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Blacksmith's Shop

Brunk, Wille

September 1967

Eric Snaith's blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). Eric Snaith took over the smithy from his father.

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Blacksmith's Shop
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Blacksmith's Shop

Brunk, Wille

September 1967

Eric Snaith's blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). Eric Snaith took over the smithy from his father.

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Blacksmith Heating a Horseshoe
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Blacksmith Heating a Horseshoe

Brunk Wille

September 1967

Informant Eric Snaith heating a new horseshoe in the furnace of his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire), in preparation for shoeing a horse.

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Blacksmith's Shop: Interior
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Blacksmith's Shop: Interior

Brunk Wille

September 1967

Interior of Eric Snaith's blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire), showing iron bars and other equipment used for making horseshoes.

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Blacksmith Making a Horseshoe
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Blacksmith Making a Horseshoe

Brunk Wille

September 1967

Informant Eric Snaith making a horseshoe, in his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). The horseshoe is being shaped using a hammer and anvil.

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