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Total number of records: 6

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture5
Brotherton Collection1
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1

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architecture6
agriculture5
buildings5
community life5
health5
nature5
occupations5
well-being5
animals4
culture4

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Bachelor, Danny1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Blake, Mr William1
Bradley, Mr1
Bury, Jack1
Bushell, Mr William1
Houck, Charles L1
Joiner, Mr Charles1
Kylstra, Henk E1
Luttman, Mark1

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From 19005

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Archive Item

Sketch of an old house in Hastings

c. 1835

Undated pencil sketch of an old house in Hastings by Edward Petre Novello, inscribed in ink at the bottom right in a later hand. Novello moved to Hastings to improve his health after 1834.

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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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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958-1959

[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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