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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. ...
Annual Festivals: General
1962-1972
This file contains Mats Rehnberg's pamphlet on holidays and annual festivals in Sweden (Stockholm: Svenska Institutet, 1964), [24] pp.; a photocopy of the guide to the Stone Collection at Birmingham R...
Walking Day: A Study of Church and Sunday School Processions in the North West
Baguley, Glynis Mary
1975
A study of the traditions associated with the Walking Day custom observed in Lancashire, Cheshire and parts of Yorkshire. This generally takes the form of a procession of Sunday School children and ch...
The Effect of Tourism on a Highland Culture: A Study of Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan
Fisher, Nora M M
1976
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first presents a brief history and description of the village of Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The second describes the old culture of the villag...
Traditional Farm Buildings Excursion
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1967
This file contains papers produced as a guide to an excursion organised for the British Association for the Advancement of Science's Leeds Meeting in September 1967. The excursion took place on 3 Sept...
Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees
Schrut, Judith Lynne
23 January 1977
Margaret Postgate, Trevor Postgate and George Robinson (all of Thornaby) discuss domestic crafts - dressmaking, sewing, knitting, quilt-making, embroidery, enamelling, horticulture, bee-keeping. [Tr. ...
Mounting Stone
Brunk, Wille
February 1967
Mounting stone outside the Bay Horse Inn, Great Broughton (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0342 and LAVC/PHO/P0343. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk.
Mounting Stone
Brunk, Wille
February 1967
Mounting stone outside the Bay Horse Inn, Great Broughton (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0341 and LAVC/PHO/P0343. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk.
Mounting Stone
Brunk, Wille
February 1967
Mounting stone outside the Bay Horse Inn, Great Broughton (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0341 and LAVC/PHO/P0342. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk.
Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
23 Feb 1939
[Side 1] Mr and Mrs. Brown discuss holidays; George Brown and Mrs. Roe talk about recent day trips. [Side 2] rs. Brown, Mr Brown, George, Mrs. Roe, Hunter, Mrs. Cooper and Maggie demonstrate pronuncia...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
18 Sep 1952
[Side 1] Fred tells anecdote about journey with grandfather to Newbiggin and Newcastle, remembers sitting on back of bus to avoid embarrassment as grandfather had habit of striking up conversation wit...
Sound Recording, County Durham
Hargreaves, Lesley
December 1980
David Bennett and Olive Bennett, of Shotton Colliery, discuss foodways, domestic and occupational customs: Sunday dinner, Saturday mealtimes, Sunday tea, Christmas food, Easter food; food for special ...