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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
2 February 1971
Col Revitt, recorded at home in Worrall, talks about carol singing with the Big Set (carol band) - describes the route taken, through Worrall, Wadsley and Oughtibridge, houses visited, carols requeste...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry
December 1971
Ernest Dyson and his wife Mina Dyson, recorded in their home in Stannington, Sheffield. Discussion of local carols in Sheffield - names of carols and localities to which they refer; Stannington brass ...
Sound Recording, [Northumberland]
Harrison, Stephen
8 June 1976
Joe Hutton , [?recorded at home in Northumberland], plays the Northumbrian small-pipes [severe drop out after c. 1 min. for approx. 30 secs.]; plays two tunes, including a hornpipe; discusses his and ...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wright, John T
24 November 1958
[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...
Sound Recording, Derbyshire
Massarella, Mr
[1960s]
Bernard Higgenbottom, recorded in Charlesworth [by male collector, from Canterbury]; talks about tenant farmers, Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard and rents; Lord Howard, second son of the 13th Duke of Norf...
Change-Ringing: The Development of Bells and Change-Ringing with Particular Reference to the Ringers of Send Church in Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
1980
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a history of church bells and change-ringing, with sections on the origin of church bells, the use of church bells, bell-founders, bell-metal, ...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Woods, Peter J E
1970
Frank Weatherill (cello), Mr. Jones (violin) and Mary ? (piano), recorded in Danby [date not known]; play a number of instrumental tunes, many unidentified and some repeated following adjustments to t...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
6 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about Gypsy Traveller music and singing; local dance bands and musicians; the song 'Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major'...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1975
Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape on the 5 July 1975 , sings 'Cod Banging', and talks about verses added, singing style and Percy Webb; sings and comments on 'Paradise Street'; learning to play the ...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
July 1974
Lenny Savage, recorded at home in Snape on the 18 July 1974; talks about his childhood, work on a rabbit farm and with steam engines; singing and step dancing (including women dancers) at the Ship Inn...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
21 June 1975
James Smith, recorded at home in Snape; talks about the song 'The Cobbler' and the use of props; sings the song, learned/sung in the Crown pub, Snape, around fifty years ago; singing in the Golden Key...