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Swedish Wedding Costume
March 1965
Traditional wedding costume from Leksand (Sweden), from the exhibition of peasant costumes at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm . The costume consists of a red bodice with white blouse, and a blue skir...
Sound Recordings, Kent
Ross-Glass, Ruth M
c.1975-1980
Recordings of children made at four Kent schools, and adults attending Further Education institutions and a Young Wives' Group. In each case, the informants discuss ten fairy tales, selected by the co...
Swedish Woven Textile
March 1965
Finished woven article with reindeer, bird, and snowflake motifs, woven in blue, red, white, and yellow, from Skåne (Sweden). This example of weaving in rölakan was included in an exhibition of Peas...
Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Tapestry in wool from Trondelag(?) (Norway). The tapestry is heavily patterned with a geometric tree motif, woven in red, blue, black, and white. A note in the Slide Index states that the tapestry dat...
Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Tapestry made up of two piece, patterned with geometric designs in stripes, in red, yellow, black, and white, from Nordland (Norway). The patterns and colours used are of the orthodox old Norwegian ty...
Tapestry (Norway): Detail
January 1965
Close-up detail of a late Renaissance tapestry from Østerdalen ( Østdal?) (Norway) showing the method of depicting life-like figures, and of joining the colours in the pattern. The slide shows a mal...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
4 November 1977
[Announcement by Graham Seal]; Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in Antrobus Parish Hall [?for an audience of schoolchildren]. Includes the complete play, with introductory and closi...
Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
1974
James Cook, recorded at home in Maybole on 2 April 1974. Conversation re. fishing and village life; fishermen from Maidens selling fish; occupational folklore re. red-haired women; village community; ...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
8 September 1974
Bob Hart and Lenny Townsend singing in the Horse and Groom pub, Wrentham. BH sings 'On a Summer's Night', 'Banks of Sweet Primroses'and 'Long Trail A-Winding'; BH and George ? sing 'Red Sails in the S...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
11 December 1976
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about his song repertoire; sings 'Since I've Had a Row with the Wife'; recitation about two Yorkshire lads in London; re...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
3 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Yarmouth Town' [daughter Rachel Wilkinson joins in the chorus]; talks about learning songs; sings part of 'Shoals of Herri...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Seven carved wooden needle supports from Weardale (Durham), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include an elm stick with base fashioned to accommodate a clue (or clew...