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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Five foot preoccupation sticks, wooden needle supports made from wooden clog soles, or carved into the shape of boots or shoes, from Teesdale (Durham), where they were widely dispersed. These needle s...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven carved wooden foot preoccupation knitting needle supports, from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports are largely from Teesdale (Durham), and include the birch base o...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Late 19th-century wooden boot stick needle support from Teesdale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1348. With typed note.

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The Living Dialect of Eskdale (Cumbria): A Descriptive and Historical Survey

Macdonald, Claire

1975

A study of the dialect spoken in Eskdale in Cumbria, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with two principal informants, Billy Hartley and John Porter, both resident in Eskdale Green. ...

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