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Total number of records: 42

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SubjectCount
buildings42
human settlements42
play42
community life34
manners and customs32
culture31
social life and customs22
occupations21
folk music19
english language - dialects18

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)6
Dunn, Ginette5
Cooke, Jane A4
Pickering, Michael J3
Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Hales, Phil2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Austin, Harry1
Barnes, John1

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The Kellet Manuscript

Kellet, G R

[1970s]

The first file contains a photocopy of a manuscript by G. R. Kellet, being a memoir of growing up in Hunslet, Leeds, in the 1920s and 1930s. Although biographical, the manuscript includes descriptions...

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Accordion Player and Monkey
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Accordion Player and Monkey

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the late-19th/early-20th century, of a man playing the accordion in the street at an unidentified location. The man has a monkey, which is attached to him by a long le...

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Blagdon (Somerset)
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Blagdon (Somerset)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View looking across playing fields towards the village of Blagdon (Somerset). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 31/2.

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979-1980]

[Conclusion of interview with Mrs. Senior and Mrs. Woodhouse, recorded in Birdsedge, from tape LAVC/SRE/A083.] Explanation of ring game 'I Had a Pigeon in My Pocket' - Mrs. W. knew it as 'Lucy Locket ...

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Fifty Years of Wragby Life

Sutton, Diane

1980

A dissertation which looks at life in the Lincolnshire village of Wragby during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. The information it presents is based on the memories and printed ephemer...

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Sound Recording, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

April 1961

[Announcement: probably recorded by Stanley Ellis in 1961 when he returned to check certain responses.]; Willie Pitt, retired farmworker and waggoner recorded in Embleton; talks about a recent shipwre...

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Hall with Piano
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Hall with Piano

[1970s]

Piano in a village hall at an unidentified location.

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Village Hall Stage
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Village Hall Stage

[1970s]

The stage in a village or church hall at an unidentified location. A piano sits on the stage at the left hand side.

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979]

Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

28 November 1976

[Collector announcement]; Walt Spensley, Mrs. Spensley and their son Colin Spensley, recorded in their home in Ugthorpe; talk about playing quoits; the Quoits Supper; young quoit players; the singing ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

27 November 1976

[Collector announcement]; Phil Hales, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about the village of Ugthorpe, and acceptance of him as an outsider; Ugthorpe youth club, and attitude towards young people in...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979-1980]

Children recorded at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge; sing three parodies - the first to the Dallas theme tune, followed by 'Burn the Teacher'and 'I'd Like to Teach the RAF'. Also sing 'Chinese Rest...

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