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Total number of records: 12

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community life12
entertainment events12
culture10
occupations8
agriculture7
war7
english language - dialects6
food6
nature6
animals5

Top 10: People and organisations

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Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Sullivan, Keith Frederick2
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)2
'Titch'1
Agar, Arthur1
Appleby, Harry1
Bailey, George1
Claughton, Mr R. Mick1
Cloughton1
Denning, Mr1

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Sound Recordings, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Denning, recorded in Netherbury; talks about the cider making process, including fermenting, corking and tapping barrels, quantities made, apple orchards, storage, the cider press (demonstrates/ex...

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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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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

6 January 1977

[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about playing in a local dance band, and the tunes played, in Farndale and Rosedale Abbey - involvement of the whole ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

29 November 1976

[Collector announcement, states date as 30 November]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about Yorkshire monologues; thoughts on poetry and painting and sad songs; sings 'Greenland Wha...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955

Bob King and his wife, recorded in Totternhoe;[Gap, 2 mins.]; Mr. King describes some [?local] caves; Sunday School treats; visitors to the area and locals serving tea to them; local people; the litan...

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Sound Recording, Hampshire

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Charles Sheppard, recorded in Bishop's Sutton; talks about working with pigs; rook starving [scaring] after the corn sown; scarecrows; service in the Rifle Brigade during World War One, in France; ret...

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Sound Recording, Buckinghamshire

Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1967

Francis Hutt, recorded in Horton; talks about building and thatching corn stacks; clipping hedges; market gardening; milk round with pony - first job, aged eleven; carters' wages; ploughing and horse ...

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Sound Recordings, London, Huntingdonshire and Buckinghamshire

Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1967

Mr. H. J. Kent, recorded in Hackney (London); talks about bus fares in London, compared with fifty years ago; journey times compared with horse trams; thoughts on the present bus service; horse drawn ...

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The Courtney Manuscript and Related Papers

1973-1974

This file contains papers relating to the republication of Margaret Courtney's 'Cornish Feasts and Folklore' (originally published Penzance: Beare, 1890). Tony Green, lecturer at the Institute of Dial...

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The Dialect of Golcar

Jacobson, Joanne

1974

M.A. project on one dialect speaker from Golcar, West Yorkshire . Analysis is made of material contained within a 34-minute tape recorded interview with Mr. Gledhill, made by Stanley Ellis in 1963. ...

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Conferences and Folk Events

1974-1981

This file contains ephemera used to promote and provide information on conferences and other events related to folklore and folklife. This includes a leaflet for the 2nd Yorkshire Folk and Craft Fayre...

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