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Saddles and Horse Collars: A Study of Selected Craftsmen
Wynne, Victoria
1979
M.A. study on the manufacture of saddles and horse collars, based on fieldwork undertaken in Walsall. Firms visited include G. T. Palmer and Son and J. C. Huskisson and Son. Chapters cover the informa...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Seven carved wooden needle supports from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Crosby Garrett, Penrith and Kings Meaburn. The supports form part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Muse...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Seven wooden needle supports from Middleton in Teesdale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include a hornbeam stay busk, chip-carved with motifs including heart...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Ten fancy carved wooden needle supports from Teesdale (Durham), from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include an elm bladed support with initials S.G. (Sarah Gargate),...
Building Technique
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to buildings and construction techniques, and includes photocopies of maps showing the location of aisle-trusses in Welsh buildings, and aisled buildings in Yorkshire...
Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals
1960-1973
This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...
Sheffield Dialect Words
Ellin, Thomas R
1929-1934
Four notebooks of the address book variety, with A-Z thumb tabs down the right-hand side, containing collections of Sheffield dialect words. The first, bearing the words Where is it in gold lettering ...
Ropemaking: Cow Ties
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1964
Cow ties made of rope (possibly hemp rope) in the workshop of Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, ropemaker of Hawes ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card. Card 4 in a series of 4.
Making a Hay Creel
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1962
Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, ropemaker of Hawes ( Wensleydale), stringing hazel sticks, bent into a bow shape, with home-twisted segal twine. The bow will form the front or back of a hay creel. Mounted on Pho...
Making a Hay Creel
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1962
Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, ropemaker of Hawes ( Wensleydale), stringing hazel sticks, bent into a bow shape, with home-twisted segal twine. The bow will form the front or back of a hay creel. Mounted on Pho...
Making a Hay Creel
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1962
Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, ropemaker of Hawes ( Wensleydale), stringing hazel sticks, bent into a bow shape, with home-twisted segal twine. The bow will form the front or back of a hay creel. Mounted on Pho...
Making a Hay Creel
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1962
Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, ropemaker of Hawes ( Wensleydale), stringing hazel sticks, bent into a bow shape, with home-twisted segal twine. The bow will form the front or back of a hay creel. Mounted on Pho...