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Total number of records: 2650

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture2582
Brotherton Collection42
Medieval Manuscripts36
Leeds Animation Workshop3
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2
Leeds Russian Archive2
Ripon Cathedral2
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

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occupations2592
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english language - dialects493

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)890
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)190
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)126
Brunk, Wille78
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)77
Langhorne, Richard71
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)61
Outhwaite, T. G.51
Fothergill, George William49
Dunn, Ginette43

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Archive Item

The Rope Maker

Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)

[1960s]

Copy of Sam Hanna's film, 'The Rope Maker', filmed at the workshop of ropemaker Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, in Hawes ( Wensleydale). The film includes footage of rope being made according to traditional meth...

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Carrying Salmon Nets to the Boat
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Carrying Salmon Nets to the Boat

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Men carrying salmon netting to the boats at Low Bells Shiel in the River Tweed, near West Ord (Northumberland). Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot
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Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Crew of five men hauling a shot by hand on the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). Two men stand in the water to guide the swing of the net. Net staff visible in foreground...

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Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot
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Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Crew of five men hauling a shot by hand on the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). One man stands in the water to guide the swing of the net, which is closed and coming hom...

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Salmon Fishing: Hauling a Shot

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1959

Three men hauling a shot by hand on the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). The bag of the net has reached the landing, and the bosom-bows are almost ashore. Mounted on Pho...

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Haaf Net Fishing: Bagging a Salmon
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Haaf Net Fishing: Bagging a Salmon

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

June 1963

Two men fishing for salmon in the River Nith near Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway) with haaf nets. One man is bagging the salmon he has caught. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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Haaf Net Fishing: Bagging a Salmon
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Haaf Net Fishing: Bagging a Salmon

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

June 1963

Man bagging salmon caught with haaf net in the River Nith near Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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Fisherman with Salmon
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Fisherman with Salmon

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1960s]

Fisherman in waterproof clothing holding two salmon caught in a haaf net in the River Nith near Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). Bagging net in foreground to the left. Mounted on Photo File card wit...

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Haaf Net Fishing
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Haaf Net Fishing

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1960s]

Two fisherman with haaf nets, fishing for salmon in the River Nith near Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). One man holds a salmon he has caught. In haaf net fishing, fishermen stand in line in the riv...

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Fisherman with Haaf Net
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Fisherman with Haaf Net

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

June 1963

Fisherman carrying haaf net out of the River Nith at Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.

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Fisherman with Haaf Net
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Fisherman with Haaf Net

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

June 1963

Fisherman with haaf net by the River Nith at Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). Mounted on Photo File card.

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Haaf Net Fishing: Bagging a Salmon
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Haaf Net Fishing: Bagging a Salmon

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

June 1963

Two haaf net fishermen in the River Nith at Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). One of the men is bagging the salmon he has caught. Mounted on Photo File card.

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