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Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)1
Jacobson, James (1877-)1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1
Langhorne, Richard1
Lenihan, J M A1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Ritson, John1
Thompson, William (1873-)1

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Cephalopod Fossil

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1968

Part of a fossilised cephalopod shell found in a quarry at Leyburn ( Wensleydale). Kissling gave the fossil to Leyburn Grammar School.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Five carved wooden knitting sheaths from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Great Asby, Sandford and Langford. The supports form part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York...

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Pace Egg and Mumming Plays, and Christmas Carols

Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy (made in the early 1970s) of part of an ms. notebook, with printed extracts pasted in, compiled by Sidney Oldall Addy probably during the 1870s. This includes ms. notes ...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

05 Jun 1939

[Side 1] John supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; William recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100. [Side 2] John and James discuss village cricket club, compare past players no...

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Alfred Williams Collection: Index

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of a typed index to the Alfred Williams Collection of Folk Songs at Swindon Reference Library, collected in the early 20th century. The index was compiled by Frank Pursl...

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