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Total number of records: 14

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture12
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2

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SubjectCount
holidays14
manners and customs12
culture11
community life10
nature7
english language - dialects6
occupations6
rites and ceremonies6
agriculture5
folklore5

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Boulogne, France1
Calais, France1
Dover, United Kingdom1
Florence, Italy1
France1
Italy1
Portugal1
Rome, Italy1
Siena, Italy1
Spain1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Harris, Susan2
Pattison, Susan2
'Titch'1
Bachelor, Danny1
Bailey, George1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Barwell, Carol A1
Barwell, Kenneth1
Barwell, Mary1
Bland, Cecil1

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Reservations from Dover to Calais

26 Jul 1960-13 Sep 1960

Typed letter from J. Lindsay of the Automobile Association to Maurice de Sausmarez, confirming reservations to travel between Dover and Calais on 26 July 1960 and returning from Boulogne to Dover on 1...

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An Account of the Phonology of the Living Dialect of Warley in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Handscombe, Brenda

1961

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Warley Town, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire. Data was collected from five local informants, interviewed over three periods in 1959 and 1960. An i...

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Travel and transport

1955-1969

Documents related to Maurice de Sausmarez's travels across France, Italy and Spain, including official documents and handwritten itineraries for varioius different trips. He often spent the summers pa...

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Sound Recordings,

Barwell, Carol A

27 December 1978

[Collector announcement: informant, date]; Kenneth Barwell [collector's father] talks about family Christmases in the 1960s and mid 1970s; meaning of Christmas; cards, Christmas trees. [Tr. 8]

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Plants in Folklore

[1960s]

This file contains cuttings from the 'Plants in Folklore' series published in 'Amateur Gardening' (?in the 1960s). The series was written by A. J. Huxley and illustrated by G. R. Kingbourn, and each p...

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The Greenwood Manuscript

Greenwood, Harry

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of a manuscript compiled by Harry Greenwood of Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, being memoirs of local life and traditions prior to World War Two. The manuscript appears to ...

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Ballads: General

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains the typed text of a song written about celebrations at Rothwell on the jubilee of George III (25 October 1809), collected by Peter Brears; a photostat copy of the text for 'England ...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Jim Wright, recorded at home in Antrobus, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; roles played; first experience of play as a bedtime story told by father and grandfather; pig killi...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

1975

Bernard Hurst, recorded at home in Wincham, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; revival of the gang c. 1947-1948, developed from Antrobus Youth Club; origins of the custom; soul...

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Wharton, Colin S

1967

Danny Bachelor, recorded at home in Ratley, describes a plant remedy for shingles (used c. 1900); describes cattle cures; mesmerising chickens; breaking eggs; charming animals (horses); use of saltpet...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1959-1960

Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...

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Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959-1960

[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...

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