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Sheep Washing: Photocards
c.1960-1965
A curated collection of mounted photographs relating to ‘Sheep Washing’. This photo file is one of 57 thematically categorised photo files that were likely created as part of the Institute's (IDFL...
Calendar Days
1964-1972
This file contains items on calendar customs, including Valentine's Day. This includes a photocopy of typed extracts on local customs from essays on old Mansfield, written for a competition organised ...
Trams, Railways and Boats
1967-1973
This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...
Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers
Smith, Paul (1947-)
[1970-1992]
Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...
Sports and Athletic Games
1961-1974
This file contains items relating to sports and games of athletic ability, skill, strength and endurance. This includes a copy of 'The Ancient Haxey Hood Game (An Ancestor of Football?)', by J. W. ff....
The Linguistic Atlas of England: Reviews and Articles
1975-1980
This file contains newspaper cuttings, magazine extracts and photocopied articles relating to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). The...
Sheffield Dialect Words
Ellin, Thomas R
1929-1934
Four notebooks of the address book variety, with A-Z thumb tabs down the right-hand side, containing collections of Sheffield dialect words. The first, bearing the words Where is it in gold lettering ...
Agricultural Equipment, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on aspects of agriculture, with a focus on the kinds of tools, equipment and machinery used in farming. This includes a printed diagram and key to the parts of the old Wolds p...