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Total number of records: 53

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
implements, utensils etc53
occupations53
handicraft38
nature31
community life25
agriculture24
animals16
transportation16
play15
textile industry15

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)37
Outhwaite, T. G.32
Wright, John T7
Hunter, Mr T.4
Kylstra, Henk E4
Langhorne, Richard3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Ernest2
Orchard, Bill2
Packer, Ernie2

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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...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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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...

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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...

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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),...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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Ropemaking: Cow Ties
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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.

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Making a Hay Creel
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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...

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Making a Hay Creel
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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...

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Making a Hay Creel
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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...

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Making a Hay Creel
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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...

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