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Ellis, William4
Ellis, William (60-)4
Wright, John T4
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Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
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Kylstra, Henk E2
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The London and country brewer : Containing the whole art of brewing all sorts of malt-liquors,... In three parts. To which is added, a supplement
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The London and country brewer : Containing the whole art of brewing all sorts of malt-liquors,... In three parts. To which is added, a supplement

Ellis, William (fl.1730-60)

1750

In four parts, each with its own titlepage; only part 3 tp. bears an edition statement: "The sixth edition, corrected."

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Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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Sound Recordings, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Bulmer, A Gillian

[1974-1980]

Copy tape of fieldwork recordings. The original recordings were made in April 1974. The date when this copy tape was made is not known. [Collector announcement]; Harry Williams, recorded in Longtown...

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Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

13 Jun 1939

[Side 1] Matthew and William discuss demise of miller trade, express preference for beer brewed with barley hops, discuss rise of poultry trade; anecdote about ducks. [Side 2] Conversation between W.R...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Wright, John T

June 1958

Frank Thorne and William Edwards, in conversation in Gittisham; Mr. Thorne talks about farm work, milking, horsemen, father a tenant farmer; [gap, 1 minute]; weeding; haymaking - Mr. Edwards describes...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Sound Recordings, Essex and Suffolk

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

July 1959

William Sibley, recorded in Stisted; talks about his time as a bellringer; farm work as a boy, trimming thatch, stock boy; wages and working days; work with horses and steam plough; work on the farm a...

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Sound Recordings, East Sussex, Somerset, [Devon] and Kent

[1950s]

Compilation of extracts copied from Survey of English Dialects field recordings made in the south of England. The first extract is from an interview with Harry Burghess [Burgess], made by Michael B...

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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...

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Sound Recordings, County Durham

Upton, Clive S

May 1974

[Collector announcement]; William Dodds, recorded at home in Ebchester on the 14 May 1974; examines and describes archaeological artefacts, excavated by him during the previous six years from the site...

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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...

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