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The Language of the Meat Trade: A Survey of Terms Used by a Selected Sample of Butchers in the United Kingdom
Upton, Clive Stanley
1977
Ph.D. thesis containing seven chapters and three appendices, presenting the findings of an enquiry into the technical lexicon of the meat trade of the United Kingdom which was carried out between 1973...
An Investigation into the Boat-Building Industry in Hartlepool
Tudor-Coulson, Susan Caroline
1981
An investigation presented in six chapters, the first being a history of boat-building in and around Hartlepool (including firms listed in local trade directories for the period 1828-1894). Chapter Tw...
Sound Recording, [Location not given]
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
Male informant describes his career in the Birmingham butchering trade (of forty-nine years, since the age of fourteen); talks about keeping pigs; setting up his butcher's shop; gives answers to the c...
Sound Recording, Warwickshire
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
Mr. D. T. Wharton, recorded in Rugby; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. The answers relate to the beef and pork s...
Some Aspects of Folk Life in the West Riding Village of Westend [sic] in Washburndale
Ferguson, I D B
1964
A Study of folk life in the West Riding village of West End (also known as Thruscross, and now in North Yorkshire). An introductory section provides a history of the village and surrounding area, foll...
The Domestic Sewing Needle: An Enquiry into the Vocabulary and Folklore Associated with its Manufacturing Processes
Hawley, Elizabeth K
1962
A dissertation in four parts, based on fieldwork carried out in Redditch and Studley. The first part provides a general history of needle-making and a history of the trade in the Redditch area. Part T...
Sound Recording, Herefordshire
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
Roy Preece, recorded in Hereford; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poul...
Sound Recording, Shropshire
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
John Whittall [recorded in a butcher's shop in Shrewsbury] gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to ...
Sound Recording, Staffordshire
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
[Collector announcement]; Charles Brown, recorded in Stoke-on-Trent; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions ...
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
Bryon, Fiona
18 December 1980
Mrs. Blackburn talks about her work in the Leeds tailoring industry: Parents' occupations; sewing from childhood; first job - ladies' dress factory in Woodhouse Lane - machinist, female boss; next job...
Sound Recording, [Location not given]
Upton, Clive S
[Mid-1970s]
Collector's father talks about the names given to people involved in the butchering and meat trade; and explains the butchers' use of back slang (a form of communication between butchers and their sta...
Builders' Customs: Topping Out
March-April 1968
This file consists of correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents connected with the building industry, regarding topping-out ceremonies. The correspondents include Norbert F. ...