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Leaves from The golden bough
Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941); Frazer, Lady (1941); Brock, H M (1875-1960)
1924
Christmas and the mistletoe -- Uncanny beings -- Quaint customs -- Myths and legends -- Stories -- Landscapes.
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...
Sound Recording, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
22 February 1980
Ceridwen Thomas offers recollections of her childhood in early twentieth century Treorchy - World War One, housework, gardening; also, childbirth; parental discipline; miners' strikes; Rhondda cake; S...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Pegg, Bob
17 July 1977
Methodist Sunday School Anniversary service, recorded in Marsh, near Haworth and Oxenhope (West Yorkshire). The Preacher continues his talk on weariness and recognition; makes reference to the Methodi...
Maphei Vegii Laude[n]sis divinaru[m] scripturarum cu[m] primis peritissimi, oratoris ite[m] & poet[a]e celeberrimi Martini pap[a]e quinti Datarii: De persevera[n]tia religionis libri septe[m] : elega[n]tia no[n] minus q[uam] sententi[a]e gravitate redolentes
Vegio, Maffeo (1458)
1511
Imprint from colophon. Title in woodcut border; Rembolt's device on title page. Sixteen line poem, Joannes Noctuinus ad lectorem, printed on title page. Title page and leaf [8] verso printed in ...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Calvert, Valerie E; Vickers, Emma
April 1961
Emma Vickers of Burscough talks about Burscough Fair; fortune telling with tea leaves and playing cards; good/bad luck - wedding cake, bouquets; Halloween parties at home - games; New Year traditions ...
Spring and Summer Festivals
1963-1981
This file includes a colour section from the West Yorkshire Road Car Company calendar for 1963 on well-dressing in Tissington, Derbyshire, on Ascension Day; a section of a colour poster on the May Day...
Sound Recordings, West Sussex and London
Dunn, Ginette
21 May 1974
George Belton, recorded at home in Birdham; relates biographical details - birthplace in Surrey, schooling, farm work including land work, milking cows and working with horses; childhood memories of g...
Pair of Watercolour and poetry albums of Miss Anne Elizabeth Treadgold and John Cox, Great Gonerby
1843-1854
A pair of complementary ‘his-and-her’s’ albums belonging to Miss Anne Elizabeth Treadgold and John Cox, both of Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, during that courtship and after their marriage in 184...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wright, John T
1958
[Collector announcement]; Frank Gist, recorded at home in Kilkhampton on the 25 October 1958; talks about farm work on leaving school; the family carriers business; goods transported and for whom; tra...
Sound Recordings, Northumberland
Upton, Clive S
15 May 1974
[Collector announcement]; Mary Moffat, recorded at home in Earsdon; talks about doctors, a new Health Centre and home visits in the past; the village; Chapel; playing the organ; other musicians in the...
Sound Recordings, Derbyshire and Cheshire
Siporin, Rae Lee
May 1965
[Collector announcement]; Mr. E. Nealey, recorded in Burbage; provides biographical information; makes reference to cockfighting; an Endowed School; selling newspapers at the age of nine; aunt and unc...