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Scutching Mill Cottage
September 1966
Scutching mill (flax mill) at the Ulster Folk Museum (now Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), Cultra (County Down). The mill is stone-built with a thatched roof. The mill's waterwheel can be seen in th...
Peat Drying Shed: Old Gang Mines
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966
Remains of peat drying shed, Old Gang Mines, Swaledale. The building originally had a thatched roof. The series of pillars with spaces were designed to create maximum air circulation. Mounted on Photo...
Peat Drying Shed: Old Gang Mines
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966
Remains of peat drying shed, Old Gang Mines, Swaledale. The building originally had a thatched roof. The series of pillars with spaces were designed to create maximum air circulation. Mounted on Photo...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Brooks, Margaret
13 February 1973
A. Leslie Maxfield, recorded in Cawthorne, discusses and explains dry stone wall repairs; source of stone; wall construction; through stones and distribution of weight; Ha Ha (sunken fence); shaping s...
Sound Recordings, Salop
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
[1966-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Kylstra, Henk E
1961
Mr. G. Shaw, recorded at home in Whiteparish; talks about domestic lighting; thatching (hay ricks, cottages); roods (measurement of length); walls for dwellings and materials used; mowing with a scyth...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
July 1966
[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
July 1966
[Collector announcement]; Harry Cook, recorded in Shipston on Stour (Warwickshire); talks about ploughing with horses and the setting up of a field in preparation; building and thatching hay/corn stac...