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Stoke Bruerne
McNay, Ian
1966
General view of Stoke Bruerne and the Grand Union Canal (Northamptonshire).
Mountain Railway, Bergen
March 1965
View looking onto the mountain railway, or flørbanen, in Bergen (Norway), with background view of the harbour.
Corpse Way: Grinton Church
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
St. Andrew's Church and burial ground, Grinton ( Swaledale). This used to be the nearest consecrated ground to the village of Keld, which lies at the opposite end of Swaledale, approximately twelve mi...
Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
Calvert Houses on the Corpse Way, about a mile from Ivelet bridge ( Swaledale). The Corpse Way ran between Keld and Grinton. Despite its position at the opposite end of Swaledale, twelve miles away, G...
Trams, Railways and Boats
1967-1973
This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1974
[Collector announcement]; Bertram Bridgement, recorded in Manea on the 3 July 1974; talks about farming and farm jobs pre-mechanisation; dyke/drain digging tools; job as a horseman; showing horses (Sh...
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...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Wright, John T
October 1958
[Announcement, ?by Tony Green]; Ernest Smythe, recorded in Parracombe; talks about working life on the railway (as office boy, timekeeper); gangs working on the line, and the difficulty of building it...