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Wood-Turning in the West Pennines
Earnshaw, David R
1966
A dissertation covering the development of three Lancashire family and village trades on the edge of the West Pennines. The three wood-turning firms studied are H. J. Berry and Sons Limited of Chippin...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
12 September 1974
Horace White, recorded at home in Spexhall; talks about the village pub; the Suffolk feudal system; World War One; working life, including fishing in Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire), local council in Suff...
Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk
Pearson, Margaret Frances
1977
A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
Bryon, Fiona
10 Dec 1980 - 15 Dec 1980
Jim Roche, recorded in his home, talks about the Leeds clothing industry in the 1920s/30s; starting work at John Baron's; describes contracting out, machinery, processes, hours of work, health (T.B. p...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1974
[Collector announcement]; Mary Dawson, recorded in Doddington on the 8 July 1974; recollects her childhood in Doddington; marriage; children; skating matches; changes to the village; trandling for bir...
Sheds at Cleveland House Farm
Brunk, Wille
January 1967
Brick-built sheds, including a smithy, at Cleveland House Farm, Hutton Gate (North Yorkshire). The sheds were built in the 1860s. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. notes and catalogue details in th...
Sussex Recipes
Lister, Sue
1967
A study of Sussex recipes, based on both printed sources and interviews with local people. The introductory section provides some historical background, descriptions of utensils, an ice house and a ba...
Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities
[1955-1979]
This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...
Sound Recordings, Powys
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)
[1960s]
Bert Williams, recorded in Builth Wells [undated]; talks about the town as it was in his youth; describes various buildings, including a gatehouse, temperance houses, cattle market, brewery, Masonic H...
Sound Recording, Devon
Read, John (1884-1963)
8 July 1958
[John Read announcement]; John Read, recorded at the home of his friend, Victor Bonham-Carter, in East Anstey, giving his recollections of country life and the dialect in south-eastern Somerset. Talks...