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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)4
Benson, Fred1
Brunk, Wille1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Levison, Bob1
Lynas, Mrs1
Robert1
Ward, James1
Waters, Bob1
Webb, Charlie1
Milk Churns
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Milk Churns

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Fred Benson of Preston-under-Scar, ( Wensleydale) bringing empty milk churns to a farm near Redmire for milking time, using a handcart. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note and catalogue details ...

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Gravehouse (Sweden)
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Gravehouse (Sweden)

Brunk, Wille

[Mid/late 1960s]

Gravehouse dating from the 17th or 18th century, in a Swedish graveyard. Mounted on Photo File card. The ms. catalogue details on the card are confusing in that they refer to a place that does not exi...

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Wooden Cradle
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Wooden Cradle

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Old wooden cradle belonging to the Lynas family, Holgate Farm, Hurst Moor ( Arkengarthdale). The cradle originally belonged to Mrs. Lynas' mother, although it was also used for her own children (aged ...

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Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)
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Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

24 August 1967

Mr. James Ward of West Witton ( Wensleydale) with a young boy, putting the finishing touches to the Bartle for the West Witton Bartle Fair. The Bartle is a guy that will be burned on a bonfire as part...

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Trailing for Bonfire Wood

1967

Copy of a photograph of a group of children, young and old, collecting (or trailing for) bonfire wood, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Stone cottages, and the ruins of Bolton Castle are visible in the b...

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Archive Sub-series

Questionnaire Response Books

1950-1961

This subseries contains the original response books in which the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers recorded informants' responses to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. A response book exists f...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Feb 1953

Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...

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