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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)26
Wright, John T24
Outhwaite, T. G.14
Calvert, Kit12
T. C.12
Baldwin, John R7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Kylstra, Henk E5
Dunn, Ginette4
Ernest4

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Mr. T. Maycock and Mr. T. J. Miller , recorded in Charlton-on-Otmoor. Mr. Maycock sings 'The Old Rustic Bridge' ; discussion of song repertoire; sings 'A Man's Too Old at Forty', 'Buttercup Joe', 'Wra...

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Hay Creel
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Hay Creel

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Mr. T. C. Calvert (Kit Calvert) loading a hay creel, Hawes ( Wensleydale). Before the introduction of mechanical transport this was the most popular way of carrying fodder to sheep in high pastures ...

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Hay Creel
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Hay Creel

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Mr. T. C. Calvert (Kit Calvert) carrying a hay creel loaded with hay, Hawes ( Wensleydale). Before the introduction of mechanical transport this was the most popular way of carrying fodder to sheep ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

29 November 1976

[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; gives biographical details and talks about his early singing experiences in the area; working life - forestry, farming and for a ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

15 July 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'Keep the Home Fires Burning', followed by comments on the song and recollections of his time spent in France during World War One; sings 'Long Trail A-Windi...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

25 June 1974

Bob Hart, recorded in Snape [?in the collector's home], sings 'Young Sailor Cut Down in his Prime'; comments on the chorus and audience participation, thoughts he has when singing; comments on a comme...

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Jokes, Rhymes and Language

1969-1979

This file includes a mounted newspaper article from the 'Yorkshire Post'(19 November 1979), on children's jokes and Sandra McCosh's fieldwork collecting jokes from schoolchildren in Leeds for her M.A....

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

5 October 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, talks about village concerts, the singer Jack Davy, speeches re. the village and songs sung, village organisations, other singers, (step) dancing, village dances, ...

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Sound Recordings, West Sussex and Leicestershire

Dunn, Ginette

1973-1974

A recording made in George Belton's home in Birdham on the 4 May 1974, of a recording of him singing at Loughborough Folk Festival in 1973. His occasional comments, and the sound of his budgie, are au...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Mr. J. Morgan, recorded at home in South Marston; sings 'Bold Sir Rylas', 'The Parson and the Suckling Pig', 'As I was a-walking through the fields so gay' [fragment]; talks about his father's singing...

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Booklists

1951-1980

These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...

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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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