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Total number of records: 61

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture60
Brotherton Collection1
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nature61
community life56
occupations53
animals46
agriculture42
culture42
food41
manners and customs29
education27
food crops26

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)9
Wright, John T7
Wakelin, Martyn F5
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Dunn, Ginette3
Kylstra, Henk E3
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
William3
Burghess, Mr Harry2
Bushell, Mr William2

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A strange metamorphosis of man, transformed into a wildernesse. Deciphered in characters

Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)

1634

Sometimes attributed to Richard Brathwait. Signatures: A26 B-I2122 (-A1). The last two leaves are blank.

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Dry Stone Wall over Stream
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Dry Stone Wall over Stream

Langhorne, Richard

November 1970

Close-up view of dry stone wall construction over a stream, at Alston (Cumbria). A gap has been left in the wall to leave the flow of the stream uninterrupted. No. 2 in a series of 5.

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Origin of Fairs - Ireland

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

1974

This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lloyd Weedon on the origin of fairs in Ireland ([15] leaves). As well as explaining the background to the origin of fairs, and listing examples of Iri...

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Appleby Horse Fair

Caunce, Stephen

1972

This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Stephen Caunce, consisting of an account of a visit to the last day of Appleby Horse Fair in June 1972 ([5] leaves). The account includes descriptions...

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Sound Recordings, Essex and West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Martin Baynes, recorded in Henham (Essex); talks about his working life; jobs on leaving school, scaring birds, riding the chain horse at harvest time; working with horses from the age of 14/15; worki...

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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

[1970s]

Mr. J. Froggatts, recorded in Chapelthorpe; talks about Pontefract Horse Fair; anecdotes relating to his family; biographical details; half time at school aged twelve, working part-time in the pit; le...

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Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

August 1958

George Gilliat, recorded in Winterton; talks about his working life; childhood recollections of making ?cowbands and tending calves; farm pay, attitudes to work; work with horses; horse breaking; pare...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Sidney Dewsbury, recorded in Pymore on 19 July 1975; talks about his working life; local floods in 1937 and 1940; work for river authority; strengthening/building river banks...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F; Wright, John T

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded by Stanley Ellis in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; di...

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