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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Anderton, Stanley (1876-1876)1
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Calcutt, Mr (1878-1878)1
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Fishing Questionnaire Drafts and Related Papers

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1963-1968]

Ms. and typed drafts of Peter Wright's fishing questionnaire; a photocopy of Wright's questionnaire as it appeared in the 'Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society', with ms. annotations (copied)...

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Farm Buildings

1954-1979

This file contains items on farmhouses and other buildings traditionally found on working farms. The larger part of the file includes items from the period 1965-1979; cuttings and articles extracted f...

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Swaledale Boundary Dispute and Other Papers

1859-1869

Original ms. papers, in multiple hands. The principle manuscript in this file (23 leaves) relates to a 19th century boundary dispute in Swaledale. The dispute relates to the enclosure of lands in the ...

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Sound Recordings, Gloucestershire and the West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Gerald Clifton, recorded in Moreton-in-Marsh [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A715r]; talks about the displaying of meat in a butcher's shop; shop fixtures and fittings; the refrigeration of meat; butche...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Claude Gimbert, recorded in Sutton on the 21 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A675r]; talks about bell ringing techniques, types of bells, learning to ring, methods, c...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

1 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton; talks about a folk club, the Half Moon pub in Lazenby - singing there before and after marriage; song repertoire; sings 'All Jolly F...

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Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 3

1960-1979

This file contains a photocopy of Vivienne Furze's paper on the Devonshire dialect, from an unidentified publication, pp. 20-21; an ms. orthographic and phonetic transcription of Purbeck marblers' dia...

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Sound Recording, Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

December 1973

James McCrindle, recorded at home in Ayr, talks about his career as a fisherman; the type of fish caught; fishing grounds; starting in 1923; describes a fishing boat, sailing as a schoolboy, the crew,...

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Textiles

1960-1981

This file contains items on textile industries, including a photocopy of Arthur J. Saundry's article on the tucking mill, from an issue of 'Old Cornwall' (1960); a typed letter and notes, from Fred Br...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Eight children's toy knitting needle supports, in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Includes a cedar sheath from Skipton (North Yorkshire), reinforced with a hen quill; a sycamore s...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Feb 1953

[Side 1] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tells anecdote about old groom giving children lift to school, new groom refused so one day Robert and friends pelted his trap with stones, brief de...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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