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Tan Hill Inn Engraving
[1970s]
Engraving of the Tan Hill Inn at Tan Hill (North Yorkshire). The inn is the highest public house in the UK (536 metres above sea level ), and has an interesting history having stood at the crossroads ...
The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations, Past and Present
Babbidge, P A
1982
A dissertation which traces the evolution of a major commercial waterway, and describes the lives of the men who work, and have worked, on it (based on a number of fieldwork visits and interviews).
Traditional Singing in West Sheffield, 1970-1972
Russell, Ian
1977
Ph.D. thesis in three parts, subdivided into fifteen chapters. The study is a result of fieldwork in the suburban and village communities on the western outskirts of the city of Sheffield. Considerati...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Baldwin, John R
1966-1969
Compilation of folk songs, selected from fieldwork recordings LAVC/SRE/A476r - A493r. The majority of the (male and female) singers were recorded in their own homes, singing unaccompanied. A small num...
Sound Recordings, North East England
[1960s/1970s]
[Female - ?collector - tests the recording level]; unidentified male and female singers from North East England sing a selection of folk songs (unaccompanied). The majority are solo performances (one ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
Bill Stomper, recorded at home in Rosedale Abbey; talks about the village, changes and loss of community spirit; harvest suppers and singing; dialect songs; favourite songs; Fred Linley; Arthur Champi...
Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations
1942-1985
Doctoral theses and masters/diploma dissertations submitted in fulfillment of degrees in Folk Life Studies, English Language, English Literature and Dialectology. The majority of these are typed, and ...
Survey of English Dialects
Wakelin, Martyn F
Oct 1967 - Nov 1973
This file contains correspondence between Martyn Wakelin and Harold Orton, Mary Hodges, Michael Bary, E J Arnold and Son publishers and associated employees, and Stewart Sanderson. This relates to the...
Conferences and Exhibitions (Papers and Photographs)
1955-1986
This series contains correspondence files relating to the organisation of conferences run by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, and black and white photographs displayed at associated and...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
May 1956
[Side 1] Bill talks about cutting and 'pleaching' [= repairing] hedges, lists different bushes and explains hedging techniques, describes farm work incl. working with horses and cattle, ditching, 'tha...
The Nelson Hospital Gala: A Study of its Origins, Development and Contemporary Form
Stuttard, Susan M
1971
A study of the origin and development of the Hospital Gala in Nelson, with emphasis on the post-World War Two galas and the 1970 event in particular.
Weather Lore as Observed in Disley and Surrounding Districts
Bradbury, Valerie
1965
A study of weatherlore known to the inhabitants of Disley in Cheshire, based on fieldwork interviews, responses to a circular letter and a letter to the local press. The material collected, totalling ...