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Sound Recording, South Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
23 December 1973
Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; relates incident where coble capsized and fisherman swam ashore; talk of a local poet [recites an example]; observations on c...
The Newhaven Fishwives
Falconer, Seonaid Gordon
1968
A study comprising seven chapters on the history of Newhaven, the clothing and duties of a Newhaven fishwife (including local recipes), penny or paying weddings, the Scottish Newhaven Fisherwomen's Ch...
Staithes
Day, Angela M
1967
A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...
The Folklore of the Northumbrian Fishing Communities
Robson, Joanne
1967
A study of crab, lobster and salmon fishermen, and the communities in which they live, covering the length of the Northumberlandcoast. In collecting folklore of the area and the industry, the collecto...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A559r]. [Date when this copy tape made not known.]. Talks about language and dialect; anecdotes re. old local people; the herring fl...
Sound Recording, Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
December 1973
James McCrindle, recorded at home in Ayr, talks about his career as a fisherman; the type of fish caught; fishing grounds; starting in 1923; describes a fishing boat, sailing as a schoolboy, the crew,...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; relates two dialect recitations concerning the local area, and anecdotes/jokes about local characters and the area. [Tr...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
June 1974
[Collector announcement]; May Hard, recorded in Pymore on 13 June 1974; talks about her father's job as a blacksmith, shoes for horses and donkeys, cart repairs, making harrows, repairing/sharpening p...
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...
The Shrimping Industry in the Southport Area of Lancashire
Stringfellow, Jonathan
1966
A study of the local shrimping industry to the north and south of Southport, based on fieldwork carried out during the months of April, August and September 1965. The study's sections present an intro...